Charlie Dalton

For the fictional character, see Dead Poets Society § Plot.

Charlie Dalton (29 January 1903 – 22 January 1974) 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 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, at age 70.

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

His brother was Emmet Dalton.

  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.