He rose to the rank of captain, and served as an instructor for the Irish Artillery Corps,[3] training soldiers in Kildare, Ireland.

[1] When Danaher retired from his position at University College Dublin, his students organised a celebratory volume in his honour: Sinsear: The Folklore Journal 4 (1982–83).

Many of his students, colleagues and prominent scholars made up the international roster of writers paying tribute to Danaher, his work, and his influence.

[1] At the same time, his academic colleagues organised the publication of a festschtift, Gold Under the Furze In 1985, Danaher suffered a stroke, the effects of which put an end to his professional career.

In 1948 Danaher recorded the last native Manx speakers on the Isle of Man, on behalf of the Irish Folklore Commission, redeeming a promise made by Éamon de Valera when, as taoiseach, he visited the island in 1947.

When the transcriptions, translations, and the digitally re-mastered recordings of this unique collection were published as Skeealyn Vannin/Stories of Man, by Eiraght Ashoonagh Vhannin/Manx National Heritage.