Charlie Dalton
Irish revolutionary (1903–1974)
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.
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