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|name = Patrick O'Daire
| name = Patrick O'Daire
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|5|22|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|5|22|df=y}}
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1981|11|12|1905|5|22|df=y}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1981|11|12|1905|5|22|df=y}}
|birth_place = the [[Glenties]], [[Co. Donegal]], [[Ireland]]
| birth_place = the [[Glenties]], [[County Donegal]], [[Ireland]]
|death_place = [[Llanberis]], [[Wales]].
| death_place = [[Llanberis]], [[Wales]]
|placeofburial =
| placeofburial =
|image = Paddy O'Daire, circa 1937.jpg
| image = Paddy O'Daire, circa 1937.jpg
|caption = Image of O'Daire circa 1937, taken while fighting in Spain.
| caption = Image of O'Daire circa 1937, taken while fighting in Spain.
|nickname = Paddy
| nickname = Paddy
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| allegiance = {{ubl|[[Irish Free State]]|[[Second Spanish Republic]]|[[United Kingdom]]}}
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|rank = [[File:Flag of Ireland.svg|23px]] Sergeant <br> [[File:Flag of Spain (1931–1939).svg|23px]] Lieutenant <br />{{flagicon|UK}} [[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]]
| rank = [[File:Flag of Ireland.svg|23px]] Sergeant <br /> [[File:Flag of Spain (1931–1939).svg|23px]] Lieutenant <br />{{flagicon|UK}} [[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]]
|branch = [[File:Flag of Ireland.svg|23px]] [[Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)|Irish Republican Army]] <br> [[File:Flag of Ireland.svg|23px]] [[National Army (Ireland)|National Army]] <br> [[File:Flag of the International Brigades.svg|23px]] [[International Brigades]]<br> [[File:Flag of the British Army.svg|23px]] [[British Army]]
| branch = {{ubl|[[Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)|Irish Republican Army]]|[[National Army (Ireland)|National Army]]|[[International Brigades]]|[[British Army]]}}
|commands = [[British Battalion]]
| commands = [[British Battalion]]
|unit = [[Abraham Lincoln Battalion]] <br> [[British Battalion]] <br> [[Royal Pioneer Corps]]
| unit = [[Abraham Lincoln Battalion]] <br /> [[British Battalion]] <br /> [[Royal Pioneer Corps]]
|battles = [[Irish War of Independence]] <br> [[Irish Civil War]] <br> [[Spanish Civil War]] <br> [[World War II]]
| battles = [[Irish War of Independence]] <br /> [[Irish Civil War]] <br /> [[Spanish Civil War]] <br /> [[World War II]]
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'''Patrick O'Daire''' (22 May 1905 – 12 November 1981) was an Irish soldier and activist who fought in the [[Irish War of Independence]], the [[Irish Civil War]], the [[Spanish Civil War]] with the [[XV International Brigade]], and in [[World War II]] as part of [[Royal Pioneer Corps]] of the [[British Army]].
'''Patrick O'Daire''' (22 May 1905 – 12 November 1981) was an Irish soldier and activist who fought in the [[Irish War of Independence]], the [[Irish Civil War]], the [[Spanish Civil War]] with the [[XV International Brigade]], and in [[World War II]] as part of [[Royal Pioneer Corps]] of the [[British Army]].


==Early Life==
==Early life==
O'Daire was born in [[Glenties]], [[Co. Donegal]], [[Ireland]] in 1905.<ref name="Mac-Pap">{{cite book |last=Liversedge |first=Ronald |date=5 Sep 2013 |title=Mac-Pap: Memoir of a Canadian in the Spanish Civil War |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1dHEAgAAQBAJ&q=paddy+o%27daire |publisher=New Star Books |page=197 |isbn=978-1554200719 }}</ref> As a teenager, he fought in the Irish War of Independence with the [[Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)|Irish Republican Army]] and was later an officer in the [[National Army (Ireland)|National Army]], the army of the newly created [[Irish Free State]]. He remained in the National Army until August 1929<ref>{{cite book |last=McLoughlin |first=Barry |date=Aug 2014 |title=Fighting for Republican Spain 1936-38 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7AMABwAAQBAJ&q=paddy+o%27daire |publisher=lulu.com |page=82 |isbn=978-1291968392 }}</ref><ref name="SCW.ca">{{cite web |url=https://spanishcivilwar.ca/volunteers/patrick-odaire |title=Patrick O'Daire |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Canada and the Spanish Civil War |access-date=31 May 2019 }}</ref> when he immigrated to [[Saskatoon]], [[Saskatchewan]], [[Canada]].<ref name="SCW.ca"/> O'Daire had been lured to Canada on a government scheme which offered ownership of land to immigrants, provided they were able to make it arable. O'Daire worked for a year clearing land but by the time his land was ready to farm, the [[Great Depression]] had hit and he was unable to start his farm.<ref name="Record">{{cite web |url=http://irelandscw.com/obit-PODaire.htm |title=The shop steward who led the Major Attlee Company |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=February 1982 |website=irelandscw.com |publisher=The Record |access-date=31 May 2019 }}</ref> A disgruntled O'Daire began agitating against the Canadian government and began helping to organise labour protests. His military experience lead the authorities to consider him a dangerous threat and by 1933 O'Daire found himself arrested and imprisoned on charges of provoking a riot in Saskatchewan.<ref name="Mac-Pap"/> O'Daire served 15 months doing hard labour in a Canadian prison before being deported to Liverpool, England in 1934.<ref name="Record"/> O'Daire joined the [[Communist Party of Great Britain]] that same year.<ref>(McLoughlin, 2014) Page 214</ref>
O'Daire was born in [[Glenties]], [[County Donegal]], [[Ireland]] in 1905.<ref name="Mac-Pap">{{cite book |last=Liversedge |first=Ronald |date=5 Sep 2013 |title=Mac-Pap: Memoir of a Canadian in the Spanish Civil War |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1dHEAgAAQBAJ&q=paddy+o%27daire |publisher=New Star Books |page=197 |isbn=978-1554200719 }}</ref> As a teenager, he fought in the Irish War of Independence with the [[Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)|Irish Republican Army]] and was later an officer in the [[National Army (Ireland)|National Army]], the army of the newly created [[Irish Free State]]. He remained in the National Army until August 1929<ref>{{cite book |last=McLoughlin |first=Barry |date=Aug 2014 |title=Fighting for Republican Spain 1936–38 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7AMABwAAQBAJ&q=paddy+o%27daire |publisher=lulu.com |page=82 |isbn=978-1291968392 }}</ref><ref name="SCW.ca">{{cite web |url=https://spanishcivilwar.ca/volunteers/patrick-odaire |title=Patrick O'Daire |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Canada and the Spanish Civil War |access-date=31 May 2019 }}</ref> when he immigrated to [[Saskatoon]], [[Saskatchewan]], [[Canada]].<ref name="SCW.ca"/> O'Daire had been lured to Canada on a government scheme which offered ownership of land to immigrants, provided they were able to make it arable. O'Daire worked for a year clearing land but by the time his land was ready to farm, the [[Great Depression]] had hit and he was unable to start his farm.<ref name="Record">{{cite web |url=http://irelandscw.com/obit-PODaire.htm |title=The shop steward who led the Major Attlee Company |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=February 1982 |website=irelandscw.com |publisher=The Record |access-date=31 May 2019 }}</ref> A disgruntled O'Daire began agitating against the Canadian government and began helping to organise labour protests. His military experience lead the authorities to consider him a dangerous threat and by 1933 O'Daire found himself arrested and imprisoned on charges of provoking a riot in Saskatchewan.<ref name="Mac-Pap"/> O'Daire served 15 months doing hard labour in a Canadian prison before being deported to Liverpool, England in 1934.<ref name="Record"/> O'Daire joined the [[Communist Party of Great Britain]] that same year.<ref>(McLoughlin, 2014) Page 214</ref>


==Spanish Civil War==
==Spanish Civil War==
In December of 1936<ref name="CPI">{{cite web |url=http://www.communistpartyofireland.ie/s-odaire.html |title=Paddy O'Daire (1905–1981) |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=CommunistPartyOfIreland.ie |access-date=29 May 2019 |quote=As a volunteer in the 15th International Brigade he arrived in Spain on 5 December 1936}}</ref>, O'Daire went to Spain and volunteered to defend the [[Second Spanish Republic]] during the Spanish Civil War, serving with the [[International Brigades]], army units made up of foreign volunteers.
In December 1936,<ref name="CPI">{{cite web |url=http://www.communistpartyofireland.ie/s-odaire.html |title=Paddy O'Daire (1905–1981) |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=CommunistPartyOfIreland.ie |access-date=29 May 2019 |quote=As a volunteer in the 15th International Brigade he arrived in Spain on 5 December 1936}}</ref> O'Daire went to Spain and volunteered to defend the [[Second Spanish Republic]] during the Spanish Civil War, serving with the [[International Brigades]], army units made up of foreign volunteers.


O'Daire and [[Irish socialist volunteers in the Spanish Civil War|his fellow Irish volunteers]] would eventually be placed in the [[Connolly Column]], part of the [[Lincoln Battalion]] and the [[British Battalion]] at different points, and saw action beginning in 1937. Because of his previous experience in both the Irish war of independence and the civil war, O'Daire was used as an officer. O'Daire served as second-in-command to [[Peter Daly (Republican)|Peter Daly]]. O'Daire was wounded early on, getting hit in [[Lopera]] near [[Córdoba, Spain|Córdoba]] in December of 1936, but was able to recover reasonably quickly.<ref name="Mac-Pap"/> The Irish would see action in the [[Battle of Pozoblanco]] as well as at [[Bombing of Guernica|Guernica]] before taking part in the [[Battle of Jarama]] and then fighting in the [[Aragon Offensive]].
O'Daire and [[Irish socialist volunteers in the Spanish Civil War|his fellow Irish volunteers]] would eventually be placed in the [[Connolly Column]], part of the [[Lincoln Battalion]] and the [[British Battalion]] at different points, and saw action beginning in 1937. Because of his previous experience in both the Irish war of independence and the civil war, O'Daire was used as an officer. O'Daire served as second-in-command to [[Peter Daly (Republican)|Peter Daly]]. O'Daire was wounded early on, getting hit in [[Lopera]] near [[Córdoba, Spain|Córdoba]] in December 1936, but was able to recover reasonably quickly.<ref name="Mac-Pap"/> The Irish would see action in the [[Battle of Pozoblanco]] as well as at [[Bombing of Guernica|Guernica]] before taking part in the [[Battle of Jarama]] and then fighting in the [[Aragon Offensive]].


In late August 1937, O'Daire took part in the [[Battle_of_Belchite_(1937)|Battle of Belchite]]. O'Daire's unit was tasked with capturing the town of Quinto. As part of their orders, they were commanded on 25 August to capture Purburrel Hill, a height south of the town, on which 500 Rebel troops were entrenched behind barbed wire and concrete pill-boxes,<ref name="Clif">{{cite book |last1=Clifford |first1=Alexander |title=Fighting for Spain |date=2020 |publisher=Pen & Sword Military |location=Yorkshire |isbn=978 1 52677 438 5 |pages=131-132}}</ref> fortified with input from German advisors. Finding themselves outnumbered against the defenders, O'Daire's unit took heavy casualties and Peter Daly was wounded in the abdomen. Daly was taken away for aid while O’Daire took charge. On the 26th of August O'Daire succeeded in breaking the enemy lines, leading to the captured of 300 troops. Daly was transferred to Benicassim Hospital near [[Valencia]], however by September 5th, 1937 he was overcome by his wounds and died. Subsequently, O'Daire took over his command of the [[British Battalion]]. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://irelandscw.com/ibvol-Daly.htm |title=From Monageer to Spain – the story of Peter Daly |last=Somers |first=James |date=2000 |website=irelandscw.com |publisher=Monageer Millennium Journal |access-date=31 May 2019 }}</ref> In 1938 O'Daire became director of operations of the [[XV International Brigade]].<ref name="CPI"/>
In late August 1937, O'Daire took part in the [[Battle of Belchite (1937)|Battle of Belchite]]. O'Daire's unit was tasked with capturing the town of Quinto. As part of their orders, they were commanded on 25 August to capture Purburrel Hill, a height south of the town, on which 500 Rebel troops were entrenched behind barbed wire and concrete pill-boxes,<ref name="Clif">{{cite book |last1=Clifford |first1=Alexander |title=Fighting for Spain |date=2020 |publisher=Pen & Sword Military |location=Yorkshire |isbn=978-1-52677-438-5 |pages=131–132}}</ref> fortified with input from German advisors. Finding themselves unsupported and outnumbered against the defenders, O'Daire's unit took heavy casualties and Peter Daly was wounded in the abdomen. Daly was taken away for aid while O’Daire took charge<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thomas |first1=Hugh |title=The Spanish Civil War |date=2012 |publisher=Penguin Books |location=London |isbn=978-0-141-01161-5 |page=704}}</ref> refusing the orders of his superior, Lieutenant Colonel [[Vladimir Ćopić]], to continue the suicidal attack, keeping his men dug in on the exposed hillside until nightfall and safe withdrawal.<ref name="Clif"/> On 26 August O'Daire, this time supported by the 15th Brigade's anti-tank battery, succeeded in breaking the enemy lines,<ref name="Clif"/> leading to the capture of 300 troops. Daly was transferred to Benicassim Hospital near [[Valencia]], however by 5 September 1937 he was overcome by his wounds and died. Subsequently, O'Daire took over his command of the [[British Battalion]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://irelandscw.com/ibvol-Daly.htm |title=From Monageer to Spain – the story of Peter Daly |last=Somers |first=James |date=2000 |website=irelandscw.com |publisher=Monageer Millennium Journal |access-date=31 May 2019 }}</ref> In 1938 O'Daire became director of operations of the [[XV International Brigade]].<ref name="CPI"/>


==World War II==
==World War II==
During the Second World War, O'Daire signed up as a private to the [[British Army]].<ref name="SCW.ca"/><ref name="CPI"/> He would eventually reach the rank of Major while serving with the [[Royal Pioneer Corps]], fighting in [[Italy]].<ref name="Record"/>
During the Second World War, O'Daire signed up as a private to the [[British Army]].<ref name="SCW.ca"/><ref name="CPI"/> He would eventually reach the rank of Major while serving with the [[Royal Pioneer Corps]], fighting in [[Italy]].<ref name="Record"/>


==Later Years==
==Later years==
After the war, he lived in [[Coventry]] for many years, before finally setting up home in [[Llanberis]], [[Wales]]. He died in 1981.<ref name="Record"/>
After the war, he lived in [[Coventry]] for many years, before finally setting up home in [[Llanberis]], [[Wales]]. He died in 1981.<ref name="Record"/>

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Latest revision as of 02:21, 3 March 2024

Patrick O'Daire
Image of O'Daire circa 1937, taken while fighting in Spain.
Nickname(s)Paddy
Born(1905-05-22)22 May 1905
the Glenties, County Donegal, Ireland
Died12 November 1981(1981-11-12) (aged 76)
Llanberis, Wales
Allegiance
Service/branch
Rank Sergeant
Lieutenant
Vereinigtes Königreich Major
UnitAbraham Lincoln Battalion
British Battalion
Royal Pioneer Corps
CommandsBritish Battalion
Battles/warsIrish War of Independence
Irish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
World War II

Patrick O'Daire (22 May 1905 – 12 November 1981) was an Irish soldier and activist who fought in the Irish War of Independence, the Irish Civil War, the Spanish Civil War with the XV International Brigade, and in World War II as part of Royal Pioneer Corps of the British Army.

Early life

[edit]

O'Daire was born in Glenties, County Donegal, Ireland in 1905.[1] As a teenager, he fought in the Irish War of Independence with the Irish Republican Army and was later an officer in the National Army, the army of the newly created Irish Free State. He remained in the National Army until August 1929[2][3] when he immigrated to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.[3] O'Daire had been lured to Canada on a government scheme which offered ownership of land to immigrants, provided they were able to make it arable. O'Daire worked for a year clearing land but by the time his land was ready to farm, the Great Depression had hit and he was unable to start his farm.[4] A disgruntled O'Daire began agitating against the Canadian government and began helping to organise labour protests. His military experience lead the authorities to consider him a dangerous threat and by 1933 O'Daire found himself arrested and imprisoned on charges of provoking a riot in Saskatchewan.[1] O'Daire served 15 months doing hard labour in a Canadian prison before being deported to Liverpool, England in 1934.[4] O'Daire joined the Communist Party of Great Britain that same year.[5]

Spanish Civil War

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In December 1936,[6] O'Daire went to Spain and volunteered to defend the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War, serving with the International Brigades, army units made up of foreign volunteers.

O'Daire and his fellow Irish volunteers would eventually be placed in the Connolly Column, part of the Lincoln Battalion and the British Battalion at different points, and saw action beginning in 1937. Because of his previous experience in both the Irish war of independence and the civil war, O'Daire was used as an officer. O'Daire served as second-in-command to Peter Daly. O'Daire was wounded early on, getting hit in Lopera near Córdoba in December 1936, but was able to recover reasonably quickly.[1] The Irish would see action in the Battle of Pozoblanco as well as at Guernica before taking part in the Battle of Jarama and then fighting in the Aragon Offensive.

In late August 1937, O'Daire took part in the Battle of Belchite. O'Daire's unit was tasked with capturing the town of Quinto. As part of their orders, they were commanded on 25 August to capture Purburrel Hill, a height south of the town, on which 500 Rebel troops were entrenched behind barbed wire and concrete pill-boxes,[7] fortified with input from German advisors. Finding themselves unsupported and outnumbered against the defenders, O'Daire's unit took heavy casualties and Peter Daly was wounded in the abdomen. Daly was taken away for aid while O’Daire took charge[8] refusing the orders of his superior, Lieutenant Colonel Vladimir Ćopić, to continue the suicidal attack, keeping his men dug in on the exposed hillside until nightfall and safe withdrawal.[7] On 26 August O'Daire, this time supported by the 15th Brigade's anti-tank battery, succeeded in breaking the enemy lines,[7] leading to the capture of 300 troops. Daly was transferred to Benicassim Hospital near Valencia, however by 5 September 1937 he was overcome by his wounds and died. Subsequently, O'Daire took over his command of the British Battalion.[9] In 1938 O'Daire became director of operations of the XV International Brigade.[6]

World War II

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During the Second World War, O'Daire signed up as a private to the British Army.[3][6] He would eventually reach the rank of Major while serving with the Royal Pioneer Corps, fighting in Italy.[4]

Later years

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After the war, he lived in Coventry for many years, before finally setting up home in Llanberis, Wales. He died in 1981.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Liversedge, Ronald (5 September 2013). Mac-Pap: Memoir of a Canadian in the Spanish Civil War. New Star Books. p. 197. ISBN 978-1554200719.
  2. ^ McLoughlin, Barry (August 2014). Fighting for Republican Spain 1936–38. lulu.com. p. 82. ISBN 978-1291968392.
  3. ^ a b c "Patrick O'Daire". Canada and the Spanish Civil War. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d "The shop steward who led the Major Attlee Company". irelandscw.com. The Record. February 1982. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  5. ^ (McLoughlin, 2014) Page 214
  6. ^ a b c "Paddy O'Daire (1905–1981)". CommunistPartyOfIreland.ie. Retrieved 29 May 2019. As a volunteer in the 15th International Brigade he arrived in Spain on 5 December 1936
  7. ^ a b c Clifford, Alexander (2020). Fighting for Spain. Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Military. pp. 131–132. ISBN 978-1-52677-438-5.
  8. ^ Thomas, Hugh (2012). The Spanish Civil War. London: Penguin Books. p. 704. ISBN 978-0-141-01161-5.
  9. ^ Somers, James (2000). "From Monageer to Spain – the story of Peter Daly". irelandscw.com. Monageer Millennium Journal. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
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