[2] He was educated by the Presentation Sisters at Sexton Street, the Congregation of Christian Brothers at Roxboro Road and at Leamy’s commercial college.

He spent a short time as an apprentice baker in Glasgow before returning to Limerick to work in Spaight's timber yard.

He was assiduous in his study of military manuals and the professionalism of his company gained the admiration of senior officers in actions such as the Howth gun-running of 1914.

[4] Daly commanded the First battalion, stationed in the Four Courts and areas to the west and north of the centre of Dublin, saw harsh fighting during the rising.

Daly was court martialled under the Defence of the Realm Act 1914 and executed by firing squad on 4 May 1916, at the age of 25.