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In the County of Cork in Southern Ireland, there is a small townland near Glandore in the parish of Kilfaughnabeg called Brulea. It dates from early times, having been mentioned as early as the 1600's. My family came from that area as English settlers in 1588, probably from the Somerset or Oxford in England. The family of Bruly were in England as early as 1066 and they are found in various armorial rolls as de Braly and de Bruly. Obviously this family was French. There are arms in northern France in the ancient times for the family of de Brouilly and variously, de Bruly, de Braly, etc. It might just be that the English Braly family were originally English - just as some of the Cork Braly's were originally English. The family of Brolly, etc., is a Northern Irish family descended from the O'Brolaigh. An attenuated version of this name is Brehilly.