Mullally (Lally & all spellings)
The Mullaly family is considered to be one of Ui Maine. They were constantly at war with the Burkes after the Norman invasions of the 12th century . The family lost power as a result of their conflicts with the Burke clan, but they remain in the province of Connaught into modern times Originally they were located just south of the Tuam area in Galway.

After the siege of Limerick, many went on to fight in the wars on the continent, as part of the famed Wild Geese of Ireland.

The family is found in Keating's History of Ireland thus: "O'Maelalaidh or Mulally, sometimes made Lally". They are listed here under the section entitled families of the Ui Mani and Ui Fiacrach Aidni. Several Bishops and clergy of the name became prominent in the area from the 13th century onwards.

In the 1890 index there are some 14 births under this name, 8 births of the name are recorded under the older spelling of Mullally, in scattered locations. They are found centered in the area of Tuam, Co. Galway in earlier times, and in the census of 1659 "Laly" was found in Roscommon. In the 1890 Index, Lally lists 34 births, found mainly in Mayo and Galway. In Milesian families the name of O Mullally is given as a family of the Hy Brune, in County Galway. The family is found primarily in the provinces of Leinster and Munster, and the counties of Mayo and Galway have always been a traditional location for the name in Ireland.

Lally's Regiment of the Irish Brigades in the service of France can be found in the 18th century. O'Hart gives Mullally of Moenmoy, Co. Galway, and O'Donovan says the family was then removed to Tuam, in the Castle of Tollendal, 4 miles north of Tuam in Galway. The Lallys and O'Naghtens were chiefs in turn of Moenmoy. Around the time of the Norman invasions they were forced to settle at Tollendal, where they became tributary to the Lord Bermingham. In 1617 Isaac Laly, head of the family was seated at Tullaghnadaly according to O'Hart, and William Laly was of Ballynabanaby and Daniel Laly was of Lisbally. The head of this family, after the battle of Aughrim, removed to France, and was the ancestor of Count Lally Tolendal, a colonel in the Irish Regiment in the service of France, who was beheaded in 1766. His son vindicated the outrage perpetrated upon his father and was made a Peer of France.