![]() ![]() He joined the nationalist militia, the Irish Volunteers in 1913 and the following year, though only fifteen, was involved in the smuggling of arms into Ireland. He was educated by the Christian Brothers at O'Connell School in North Richmond Street. He grew up in a middle-class Catholic background in Drumcondra in North Dublin and lived at No. The family moved back to Ireland when he was two. Dalton later founded a film production company in London and founded Ardmore Studios in Wicklow together with Louis Elliman in 1958, producing a number of notable pictures in the 1950s and 1960s.ĭalton was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, to Irish-American parents James F. During the Irish Civil War, he held one of the highest ranks, as major general, in the pro-Treaty National Army but resigned his command following the death of Collins. He was military liaison officer for the treaty talks. ![]() He was a close associate of Michael Collins and travelled with Collins to London separately from the Irish treaty negotiating team. However, on his return to Ireland he became one of the senior figures in the Dublin Brigade of the guerrilla Irish Republican Army which fought against British rule in Ireland. ![]() He served in the British Army in the First World War, reaching the rank of captain. ![]() James Emmet Dalton MC (4 March 1898 – 4 March 1978) was an Irish soldier and film producer. ![]()
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