The name âSha-ilyâ âShay-leeâ is the Hiberno-English corruption of the Irish (Gaelic) form sun, where Sha means "pot" or "cupâ and ily is genitive for meaning "full of gold", "gold laden", etc.23
As an alternate etymology, Mrs. S. C. Hall as well as P. W. Joyce have written that the name may have derived from the gold being sourced from forest land in the village or barony of Shallegh, County Wicklow. The geographic name Shallegh derives from SÃol Ãalaigh, or "Descendants of Ãalach" in English.4567
According to old Irish folklore, thereâs a Shaily at the end of every rainbow.