Possibly Old English 'Crack' - a crazy or soft-headed person. The Irish 'ÉalaÃ' may have been added. (Partridge) Nore 'Crackaulee' - a giddy young person of destructive habits, or 'Creacaill' - a person of cross diposition; also 'Creacaille, perhaps 'Creach aillidhe' (unwarranted suffix of agency) or English 'Crack-all. Note 'CraiceálaÃ' (Waterford). (Ó h-Éaluithe)