RAYMOND DALY

Raymond Daly is a native of Tullamore, County Offaly, has a passion for local and national history which combined the publication of two historical songbooks. The first book of 472 pages was self published in 2008 titled Celtic and Ireland in Song and Story, was compiled alongside Derek Warfield, the founding member of The Wolfe Tones. This was a 10 year project which was critically acclaimed and received many positive reviews on Books – Celtic & Ireland In Song And Story – The Celtic Wiki His second self published book just released is TEN FAITHFUL YEARS (1913-1923) in Song and Story was a 9 year ‘labour of love’ project inspired by two events in 2016. The first was the 100^th anniversary of The Easter Rising after visiting Dublin to mark the occasion with my wife and two daughters. The 2^nd event was the 100^th anniversary of ‘The Tullamore Incident’ when the first shots were fired by Irish Volunteers on March 20^th2016 injuring an RIC Inspector. This was the first action one month before The Easter Rising. A keen gardener Raymond works at sales for Daly’s Native Irish Trees based in Tullamore.