Sandman may be right about pronunciation of Daly in some areas-it is the more common one, and I may have been wrong to generalise about this in the Mizen, although I did live there for about 12 years & sometimes came across the 'Dawley' form.

The earlier discussion strayed to a query about one surname in this lovely song - that name being Dawley.

Seanie Daly of the Sibin in Baltimore sang this song & he was a Kerryman and pronounced his name Dawley, whater his widow Maureen did- that was her choice!

Our neighbour in Dunbeacon often spoke to us of a nearby farm belonging to one Mary Daly (pron. Dawley).

My response was simply to try & give a little background which might help understand why Daly & Dawly might be the same in the oral tradition.

Sandman appears to be trying to revive a discussion/argument we had some time ago. I have not changed my opinion of Sandman, and would ask him yo please accept that I was trying to add some information to the thread, so could he please go and argue with someone else