Titanic survivor. He was born and raised in Ireland, where he worked as a mechanic and a weaver in the Athlone Woollen Mills. A renowned musician who played the bagpipes, he was also an important member of the Irish National Foresters Band, the Clan Uisneach War Pipers' Band, and the Gaelic League. Daly and his cousin Maggie, a year his senior, booked passage to America on the Titanic in April of 1912. He was planning to go to Brooklyn and she was planning to go to Manhattan. He had brought his prized bagpipes with him for the transatlantic journey, and frequently entertained the other passengers down in steerage with his playing. When disaster struck, he managed to get his cousin and their friend Bertha Mulvihill onto the second-last lifeboat to be loaded. Daly tried to get into this lifeboat as well, but was ordered out. He managed to escape on the final craft left, a collapsible life-raft tied to the roof of the officers' quarters. In the ship's final moments, he struggled to untie the craft. Soon after cutting it loose, it was washed overboard as the ship began to sink. Daly and a number of other people dove into the water after it, and even though it had turned upside-down, he and about thirty other survivors managed to climb on top of it and balanced themselves there until they were rescued the next morning. Upon landing in New York and physically recovering from his ordeal, he competed in the Gaelic Feis bagpipe competition in Celtic Park, although he didn't win the grand prize. He went on to marry a woman named Lillian, with whom he had one child, Marian Joyce, who was born during one of his visits back to Ireland. Daly was living in the Bronx at the time of his death. He was eighty-two years old.
(2019) Eugene Patrick Daly Encyclopedia Titanica (ref: #753, updated 8th August 2019 18:16:23 PM)
URL : https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/eugene-patrick-daly.html∼Eugene Daly boarded the Titanic at Queenstown, County Cork, Ireland on April 11, 1912. Two fellow 3rd class passengers were from also from Althone, Bertha Mulvihill and Maggie Daly (no relation). He took it upon himself to look after them during the voyage. Once they were aware of the collision, they acted quickly and by some miracle made to the boat deck. Mr. Daly saw to it the women found places in a lifeboat. There were no longer places for men in the boats so Daly was left to fend for himself. He said that as the ship went down he jumped overboard. In an incredible stroke of luck he came up near an overturned collapsable lifeboat. After a harrowing night balancing the boat to keep it afloat, they were picked up by the Carpathia. Daly felt that his heavy overcoat had kept him alive and wore when he travelled ever after. He landed in New York without a penny to start a new life. Using the same perseverance that saved him on the Titanic he succeeded in America, eventually marrying and raising a family.
Daly was a piper in Ireland and a member of the National Foresters Band in Athlone. He had his pipes with him on the ship and may have been the piper who was heard playing a lament as the boat left Ireland. During the recent recovery operation on the wreck site a set of pipes was found and may be the ones for which he made an $50.00 insurance claim.
(2019) Eugene Patrick Daly Encyclopedia Titanica (ref: #753, updated 8th August 2019 18:16:23 PM)
URL : https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/eugene-patrick-daly.html∼Eugene Daly boarded the Titanic at Queenstown, County Cork, Ireland on April 11, 1912. Two fellow 3rd class passengers were from also from Althone, Bertha Mulvihill and Maggie Daly (no relation). He took it upon himself to look after them during the voyage. Once they were aware of the collision, they acted quickly and by some miracle made to the boat deck. Mr. Daly saw to it the women found places in a lifeboat. There were no longer places for men in the boats so Daly was left to fend for himself. He said that as the ship went down he jumped overboard. In an incredible stroke of luck he came up near an overturned collapsable lifeboat. After a harrowing night balancing the boat to keep it afloat, they were picked up by the Carpathia. Daly felt that his heavy overcoat had kept him alive and wore when he travelled ever after. He landed in New York without a penny to start a new life. Using the same perseverance that saved him on the Titanic he succeeded in America, eventually marrying and raising a family.
Daly was a piper in Ireland and a member of the National Foresters Band in Athlone. He had his pipes with him on the ship and may have been the piper who was heard playing a lament as the boat left Ireland. During the recent recovery operation on the wreck site a set of pipes was found and may be the ones for which he made an $50.00 insurance claim.
Titanic survivor. He was born and raised in Ireland, where he worked as a mechanic and a weaver in the Athlone Woollen Mills. A renowned musician who played the bagpipes, he was also an important member of the Irish National Foresters Band, the Clan Uisneach War Pipers' Band, and the Gaelic League. Daly and his cousin Maggie, a year his senior, booked passage to America on the Titanic in April of 1912. He was planning to go to Brooklyn and she was planning to go to Manhattan. He had brought his prized bagpipes with him for the transatlantic journey, and frequently entertained the other passengers down in steerage with his playing. When disaster struck, he managed to get his cousin and their friend Bertha Mulvihill onto the second-last lifeboat to be loaded. Daly tried to get into this lifeboat as well, but was ordered out. He managed to escape on the final craft left, a collapsible life-raft tied to the roof of the officers' quarters. In the ship's final moments, he struggled to untie the craft. Soon after cutting it loose, it was washed overboard as the ship began to sink. Daly and a number of other people dove into the water after it, and even though it had turned upside-down, he and about thirty other survivors managed to climb on top of it and balanced themselves there until they were rescued the next morning. Upon landing in New York and physically recovering from his ordeal, he competed in the Gaelic Feis bagpipe competition in Celtic Park, although he didn't win the grand prize. He went on to marry a woman named Lillian, with whom he had one child, Marian Joyce, who was born during one of his visits back to Ireland. Daly was living in the Bronx at the time of his death. He was eighty-two years old.
(2019) Eugene Patrick Daly Encyclopedia Titanica (ref: #753, updated 8th August 2019 18:16:23 PM)
URL : https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/eugene-patrick-daly.html∼Eugene Daly boarded the Titanic at Queenstown, County Cork, Ireland on April 11, 1912. Two fellow 3rd class passengers were from also from Althone, Bertha Mulvihill and Maggie Daly (no relation). He took it upon himself to look after them during the voyage. Once they were aware of the collision, they acted quickly and by some miracle made to the boat deck. Mr. Daly saw to it the women found places in a lifeboat. There were no longer places for men in the boats so Daly was left to fend for himself. He said that as the ship went down he jumped overboard. In an incredible stroke of luck he came up near an overturned collapsable lifeboat. After a harrowing night balancing the boat to keep it afloat, they were picked up by the Carpathia. Daly felt that his heavy overcoat had kept him alive and wore when he travelled ever after. He landed in New York without a penny to start a new life. Using the same perseverance that saved him on the Titanic he succeeded in America, eventually marrying and raising a family.
Daly was a piper in Ireland and a member of the National Foresters Band in Athlone. He had his pipes with him on the ship and may have been the piper who was heard playing a lament as the boat left Ireland. During the recent recovery operation on the wreck site a set of pipes was found and may be the ones for which he made an $50.00 insurance claim.
(2019) Eugene Patrick Daly Encyclopedia Titanica (ref: #753, updated 8th August 2019 18:16:23 PM)
URL : https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/eugene-patrick-daly.html∼Eugene Daly boarded the Titanic at Queenstown, County Cork, Ireland on April 11, 1912. Two fellow 3rd class passengers were from also from Althone, Bertha Mulvihill and Maggie Daly (no relation). He took it upon himself to look after them during the voyage. Once they were aware of the collision, they acted quickly and by some miracle made to the boat deck. Mr. Daly saw to it the women found places in a lifeboat. There were no longer places for men in the boats so Daly was left to fend for himself. He said that as the ship went down he jumped overboard. In an incredible stroke of luck he came up near an overturned collapsable lifeboat. After a harrowing night balancing the boat to keep it afloat, they were picked up by the Carpathia. Daly felt that his heavy overcoat had kept him alive and wore when he travelled ever after. He landed in New York without a penny to start a new life. Using the same perseverance that saved him on the Titanic he succeeded in America, eventually marrying and raising a family.
Daly was a piper in Ireland and a member of the National Foresters Band in Athlone. He had his pipes with him on the ship and may have been the piper who was heard playing a lament as the boat left Ireland. During the recent recovery operation on the wreck site a set of pipes was found and may be the ones for which he made an $50.00 insurance claim.
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