Charlie Daly (Irish republican)
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Charlie Daly was born 10th August 1896, was the second son of Con. W. Daly, of Knockanescoulten, Firies, County Kerry
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He went to school, first to Balyfinane National School, and later to the Christian Brothers at Tralee.
Daly had been an active member of the Irish Volunteers
from 1913 before the Easter Rising
and had risen to the rank of Commandant General and was the Officer Commanding the Second Northern Division of the IRA. He took the anti-treaty side in Civil War.
On November 2, 1922, Charlie Daly was captured and imprisoned at Drumboe Castle in Donegal, where he was held until January 16th, 1923, when he was court-martialled and sentenced to death and executed on 14th March, 1923. Daniel Enright, Sean Larkin and Timothy O'Sullivan were executed with him Enright and O'Sullivan were also from Kerry. They were shot in retaliation for the death of a pro treaty National Army soldier in an ambush.
His sister May Daly was a significant figure in Sinn Féin
in Kerry up to the 1970s, she stood in the 1957 general election in Kerry North polling 3,171 votes.
One of his descendants Mark Daly was elected senator in 2007 for Fianna Fáil
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County Kerry
Kerry means the "people of Ciar" which was the name of the pre-Gaelic tribe who lived in part of the present county. The legendary founder of the tribe was Ciar, son of Fergus mac Róich. In Old Irish "Ciar" meant black or dark brown, and the word continues in use in modern Irish as an adjective...
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He went to school, first to Balyfinane National School, and later to the Christian Brothers at Tralee.
Daly had been an active member of the Irish Volunteers
Irish Volunteers
The Irish Volunteers was a military organisation established in 1913 by Irish nationalists. It was ostensibly formed in response to the formation of the Ulster Volunteers in 1912, and its declared primary aim was "to secure and maintain the rights and liberties common to the whole people of Ireland"...
from 1913 before the Easter Rising
Easter Rising
The Easter Rising was an insurrection staged in Ireland during Easter Week, 1916. The Rising was mounted by Irish republicans with the aims of ending British rule in Ireland and establishing the Irish Republic at a time when the British Empire was heavily engaged in the First World War...
and had risen to the rank of Commandant General and was the Officer Commanding the Second Northern Division of the IRA. He took the anti-treaty side in Civil War.
On November 2, 1922, Charlie Daly was captured and imprisoned at Drumboe Castle in Donegal, where he was held until January 16th, 1923, when he was court-martialled and sentenced to death and executed on 14th March, 1923. Daniel Enright, Sean Larkin and Timothy O'Sullivan were executed with him Enright and O'Sullivan were also from Kerry. They were shot in retaliation for the death of a pro treaty National Army soldier in an ambush.
His sister May Daly was a significant figure in Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970...
in Kerry up to the 1970s, she stood in the 1957 general election in Kerry North polling 3,171 votes.
One of his descendants Mark Daly was elected senator in 2007 for Fianna Fáil
Fianna Fáil
Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party , more commonly known as Fianna Fáil is a centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland, founded on 23 March 1926. Fianna Fáil's name is traditionally translated into English as Soldiers of Destiny, although a more accurate rendition would be Warriors of Fál...
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