Charlie Dalton
Charlie Dalton was an Irish revolutionary.
Dalton was born in 1903 and grew up around Columba's Road, Drumcondra, Dublin.[1] He joined in Irish Volunteers in 1917, aged 14. He was recruited to join The Squad. He was a colonel in the Free State Army and participated in the Irish Army Mutiny in 1924.[2]
In 1929, he published a memoir entitled 'With The Dublin Brigade'[3]
His brother was Emmet Dalton.
References[]
- ^ Kevin Myers, Pity those poor children, 29 January 2008, Independent.ie, accessed 17 April 2012
- ^ "Cobh attack on unarmed British soldiers in 1924 recalled in new book". www.irishtimes.com.
- ^ "With the Dublin Brigade-the Squad-Michael Collins". Mercier Press.
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- People of the Irish War of Independence
- People of the Irish Civil War (Pro-Treaty side)
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