Education
After post primary education in Street Malachy"s College (1938-1943), he proceeded to Queen"s where he graduated with an Master of Arts His theology studies (1947-1951) were completed at the Pontifical Lateran University, where he obtained an Licentiate in Sacred Theology.
Career
South.T.L. was the Titular of Thala and Auxiliary of The Diocese of Down and Connor. Dallat was a native of Ballycastle, one of several sons to Peter and Sarah (née O"Neill) Dallat. in History (1947). He was one of the first generation of students who began to study theology in Rome after the war.
Dallat was ordained priest for the Diocese of Down and Connor on 10 March 1951.
Following ordination, he was sent to pursue further studies for four years at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium (1951-1955). He took courses in Sociology and Historical Science.
lieutenant was a source of some amusement that a man who, as Patrick Walsh said at his funeral "would never use a paragraph when a sentence would do", obtained further postgraduate qualifications with unusually long titles -Lic.en Political et Social, Lic en Sc History. He then spent much of his life in the field of education.
Initially he was appointed to the teaching staff of Street Malachy"s College, his alma mater, before beginning his twenty four years in teacher training.
He initially taught at Street Mary"s Teacher Training College (1963-1969), and was then appointed as Principal of Street Joseph"s Teacher Training College. He was a staunch defender of the principles of Catholic education, when there were proposals to move towards a unitary system for teacher training. His work also involved the amalgamation of Street Mary"s and Street Joseph"s in 1985 and became principal of the new joined college.
In 1987, he was appointed as parish priest of Street Paul"s, on the Falls Road, at that time the largest parish in Down and Connor.
He was made a Monsignor in 1988 and served as Vicar General of Down and Connor. On 13 February 1994, Dallat was ordained Titular of Thala, and Auxiliary of Down and Connor.
He took as his motto Mary"s response to the Angel Gabriel"s invitation, Fiat Voluntas Tua (Your Will be Done). During this period, he retained his interest in education and was Chairman of the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS).
He retired as in March 2000 and died in September 2000.
One of Dallat"s nephews, Fr Ciaran Dallat, came to the attention of the press and wider public in 2015 due to a sex scandal. Dallat died on 25 September 2000 and was buried in Hannahstown Cemetery.
Membership
Foreign his efforts he was made a Member of the Cathedral Chapter.