The newspapers of Dalarnas Tidningar group have a combined circulation of 65,000 copies (2005), while their main competitor Dala-Demokraten (social-democratic) has 18,600 (2007), according to Tidningsstatistik AB.
Teachta Dála | Dala-Demokraten | Sven "Dala" Dahlkvist | Dala | A detail from a 15th-century manuscript of ''Dala’il al-Khayrat'' showing Al-Masjid an-Nabawi |
Irish rugby union player Marcus Horan and Irish hurlers Colm and Darach Honan were born in the village as was Jan O'Sullivan (née Gale), Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for Limerick East.
His son Eoin Ryan, Jnr (born 1953), Irish Fianna Fáil politician, Member of the European Parliament, former Teachta Dála (TD)
Gudmund Nils Larsson (1892-1949 CE) was a Swedish bagpipe players from Dala-Järna, western Dalarna, and the last of the traditional Dalarna bagpipe players.
Among other descriptive Shama'il text are the Dala'il al-Nubuwwah of Al-Bayhaqi, Tarih-i Isfahan of Abu Naeem Isfahani, Al-Wafa bi Fadha’il al-Mustafa of Abu'l-Faraj ibn al-Jawzi and Al-Shifa of Qadi Ayyad are the main shemaa-il and hilya books.
She is the daughter of former Swedish international footballer Sven "Dala" Dahlkvist.
Michael F. Kitt (1914–1974), Irish Fianna Fáil politician and long-serving Teachta Dála
At Pagan, Kyansittha was sent into exile again—this time to Dala (modern Yangon) for renewing his affair with Manisanda.