Photos and Information
Patrick Daly
Updated November 2021
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Patrick Daly 1913-1972 To see where Paddy is in the Daly family tree, go to the Documents page.
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House in Ballyshea where Paddy grew up. Photo taken about 100 years ago. I'm fascinated by the washing on the line and the people by the door. I wonder who they are. |
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Photo taken in August 1988. |
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A fictionalised poem written in 2001, by Lizzie Ware, née Eileen Daly, about her father Paddy and uncle Tom Daly. |
Starting Out Paddy on his way to Dublin In his shoddy farmers' boots His brother Tom, his one companion, Both ripped away from Galway roots. Huddled third-class on the mailboat Throwing up for all they're worth, Pat comforts Tom under the one coat, Sick jokes are all they have for mirth. Five AM in Holyhead, Two Irish boys on foreign land, Shivering from their mailboat bed Each holds one small case in his hand. On mainland Europe, a storm is gathering The madman Hitler, his flags unfurled, With plans outrageous in conception To swallow up the entire world. But Pat and Tom know nothing of this Two country boys from near Loughrea, Awaiting in the North Wales mist The London train, third class again. As the gloom lifts, so the miles pass Rattling southwards, on through Crewe. Paddy sleeves the railway glass, Remarks to Tom, 'Look at the view - It's not so different from back home. There's fields and farms the self-same green.' The younger boy's not one to roam, He looks askance upon the scene. As London's slums come into view, An endless swathe of poverty. The Irish boys exchange a look No word is said of Ballyshea. Journey's end is Euston Station Grey, forbidding in the rain. For these two boys the future's vision Will never take them home again. by Lizzie Ware (née Eileen Daly) - 22January 2001 |
1941 Wedding of Patrick Daly and Johanna Cahill. They moved to Wimbledon, London and had children Margaret, Celia, Alan and Eileen. |
  Guest, Patrick's brother Tom, Guest Paddy and Joan |
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Wedding of
daughter Celia Daly
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Mike (Tom's brother), Tom (son-in-law), Celia
(daughter), Paddy, Eileen (daughter),
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Wedding of
grandson Noel Lyons
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Tom and Celia Lyons, Noel and Leanne, Leanne's parents and grandmother
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Celia and her daughters, (Paddy's granddaughters).
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Amelia, Celia, Patricia, Jane
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2003 Paddy's
great-grandson
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Celia, Tom, Thomas
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2006 Paddy's sonAlan Daly, and his wife Linda, at the Daly house in Ballyshea. See photo near the top of this page. |
 Paddy's son Alan, with Linda his wife. |
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