He had a sister, Mary and two brothers Joseph and Tomas, with whom he would fight alongside throughout the Irish War of Independence.
[4] Due to his activities during the rising, he was arrested and spent captivity in both Limerick and Richmond Barracks before being sent to Wakefield and Frongoch.
Upon release he was offered a position working under Conradh na Gaeilge in North Tipperary.
Michael Collins ordered him to relocate to Cork under the alias ‘Liam Forde’ due to his popularity in Tipperary.
In 1958 he wrote an autobiography titled 'B'fhiú an braon fola' (The drop of blood was worth it).
Malone died on 8 March 1959 at Deansgrange, County Dublin he is buried at the Deans Grange Cemetery.