Edward Daly by Helen Litton Lorcan Collins (Editor)

Author:Helen Litton, Lorcan Collins (Editor) [Helen Litton, Lorcan Collins (Editor)]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Nonfiction, History, Modern, 20th Century, Biography & Memoir, Historical
ISBN: 9781847175717
Publisher: The O'Brien Press
Published: 2013-03-18T04:00:00+00:00

Immersed as he was in the heat of battle, Daly, who was fulfilling all the dreams of his unknown father and his indomitable uncle John, must have occasionally wondered what was happening back home, where his excited sisters had been so eagerly awaiting the start of the action. However, Limerick’s story of the Easter Rising is one of uncertainty and confusion, leading to an ultimate failure to engage.

The Limerick Battalion planned to hold the line of the Shannon from the Clare side, and had expected to receive some of the arms arriving at Fenit, County Kerry, under Roger Casement’s direction. Having mustered his troops at Killonan, just outside Limerick, Commandant Michael Colivet was to attack British positions in Limerick, cutting telephone wires and destroying railway connections. Another group was to take charge of west Limerick, and units would also be active in Tipperary and Clare. The aim was ultimately to send a train with the Fenit arms to Dublin, along with as many Volunteers as possible, as soon as the Limerick area was secure. On Easter Saturday, primed for action, almost three hundred Limerick Volunteers paraded past John Daly’s home in Barrington Street, as the old man watched from his window.45

The O’Rahilly, director of arms on the Volunteer Executive, arrived at the Daly home on Easter Sunday morning with MacNeill’s countermand message. Madge Daly refused to accept its authority, and was very severe with The O’Rahilly, as he told MacDiarmada when he got back to Dublin. John Daly had lost his voice, but Madge was undoubtedly expressing his sentiments also.46 Colivet, however, did accept the authority of the message, and sent out orders to all the other units, cancelling the arrangements. He then marched the City Battalion to Killonan as if it was a routine bivouac, and there on Monday morning he got the news of the loss of the arms in Kerry. This was followed by the arrival at Killonan of two of the Daly sisters, Agnes and Laura, with a message which read:

Dublin Brigade goes into action at noon today (Monday).

Carry out your orders. (Signed) P.H. Pearse.

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