Charlie Dalton

Dalton was born in 1903 and grew up around Columba's Road, Drumcondra, Dublin.[1]

Charlie Dalton was an Irish revolutionary.

He joined in Irish Volunteers in 1917, aged 14. He was recruited to join The Squad.

In 1929 he published a memoir entitled 'With The Dublin Brigade'[2]

His brother was Emmet Dalton.

He was a Colonel in the Free State Army and participated in the Irish Army Mutiny in 1924.[3]

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