Charlie Dalton

Charlie Dalton
Born(1903-01-29)29 January 1903
Dublin, Ireland
Died22 January 1974(1974-01-22) (aged 70)
Dublin, Ireland
Burial place
Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin
RelativesEmmet Dalton
Military career
Allegiance
Service
Service years
  • 1917-1919 (Irish Volunteers)
  • 1919-1922 (IRA)
  • 1922-1924 (National Army)
Rank
Colonel
Conflicts

Charlie Dalton (29 January 1903 – 22 January 1974) was an Irish rebel, soldier and business man. Dalton was born at 8 St Columba's Road in Drumcondra, Dublin on 29 January 1903 to laundry manager James Dalton and Catherine Riley. In 1917, aged 14 he joined the Irish Volunteers. In 1920, he joined The Squad, and participated in Bloody Sunday killing two British army officers. He joined the National Army becoming a colonel. In October 1922, he took custody of three teenage boys who were later found shot dead at Red Cow in south Dublin. As the wartime army was being demobilised, Dalton was demoted to commandant in early 1924. Along with Major General Liam Tobin, he demanded the government suspend demobilisation causing the Army Mutiny. The government ordered their arrest, and Dalton was forced to resign from the army in March 1929.

In October 1928, he married Teresa Morgan in Dublin. In 1929, he published a memoir entitled 'With The Dublin Brigade' He died 22 January 1974, at age 70. His brother was the soldier and film producer, Emmet Dalton.

References

  1. ↑ "Death Certificates of Joseph Rogers, Edwin Hughes, and Bernard Holohan" (PDF). irishgenealogy.ie. 1922. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
  2. ↑ Dempsey, Pauric; Boylan, Shaun (October 2009). "Dalton, (James) Emmet". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  3. ↑ Myers, Kevin (29 January 2008). "Pity those poor children". Independent.ie. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "Cobh attack on unarmed British soldiers in 1924 recalled in new book". www.irishtimes.com.
  5. ↑ "WS 434, Charles Dalton" (PDF). Bureau of Military History. 12 October 1950. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "With the Dublin Brigade-the Squad-Michael Collins". Mercier Press.