Charlie Dalton was an Irish revolutionary.

Charles Francis Dalton was born at 8 St Columba's Road in Drumcondra, Dublin on 29 January 1903 and grew up around Drumcondra.[1] He was the son of laundry manager James Dalton and the former Catherine Riley. He joined the 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]

He was married in Dublin in October 1928 to Teresa Morgan. He died 22 January 1974, only days before his 71st birthday.

In 1929, he published a memoir entitled 'With The Dublin Brigade'[3]

His brother was Emmet Dalton.

References

  1. ↑ Kevin Myers, Pity those poor children, 29 January 2008, Independent.ie, accessed 17 April 2012
  2. ↑ "Cobh attack on unarmed British soldiers in 1924 recalled in new book". www.irishtimes.com.
  3. ↑ "With the Dublin Brigade-the Squad-Michael Collins". Mercier Press.


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