Paddy Daly
Paddy Daly | |
|---|---|
Daly in 1922 | |
| Other name | Paddy O'Daly |
| Born | 5 June 1888 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 16 January 1957 (aged 68) Dublin |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance | Irish Free State |
| Branch | Irish Republican Army Irish Army |
| Service years | 1916–1924 |
| Rank | Major general |
| Unit | The Squad |
| Conflicts | Easter Rising Irish War of Independence Irish Civil War |
| Spouses | Daisy Gillies
(m. 1910; died 1919)Bridget Murtagh
(m. 1921; died 1930)Norah Gillies
(m. 1934; died 1936) |
| Children | 4 |
Patrick Daly (5 June 1888 – 16 January 1957), sometimes referred to as O'Daly, served in the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence and subsequently held the rank of major-general in the Irish National Army from 1922 to 1924. During the Irish Civil War, he was implicated in the murder and cover-up of a number of Anti-Treaty IRA prisoners in County Kerry.