Paddy O’Daly’s life seems to have been filled with military service, work and family life, with a good deal of personal tragedies and sad times mixed in. He showed undoubted courage and loyalty, with a definite ruthless streak. He suffered no fools and was a strict disciplinarian as an officer.His fighting story reads like a Boy’s Own adventure. Sworn in to the IRB by 1907, he was active before 1916; out from the start of The Rising – and wounded; and heavily involved in key IRA operations during the Tan War. Arrested by the British three times, he became a trusted lieutenant of Collins and O/C of GHQ ASU, the Squad. He narrowly missed capture or worse at the Custom ...
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