Joseph Howley, from Oranmore,

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, was a member of the Irish Volunteers. He mobilized and led a combined contingent of 106 Volunteers from Oranmore Including Tommy Furey and neighboring Maree on Easter Tuesday morning of the 1916

Easter Rising The Easter Rising ( ga, Éirí Amach na Cásca), also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the a ...

. Their plan was to attack the Oranmore barracks. The company failed to capture the barracks, and his men to join those of Liam Mellows. According to the reports, Howley was the revenue collector-general. Howley was shot dead by the R.I.C at the

Broadstone Railway Station Broadstone railway station ( ga, Stáisiún An Clocháin Leathan) was the Dublin terminus of the Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR), located in the Dublin suburb of Broadstone. The site also contained the MGWR railway works and a steam ...

in Dublin, Ireland, on 4 December 1920 A special Intelligence Unit attached to the RIC known as the

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was responsible. A memorial statue to him was erected in 1947 in Howley Court in Oranmore;Howley Statue Picture
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1920 deaths Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) members People from County Galway Year of birth missing Deaths by firearm in Ireland People of the Easter Rising Irish Republicans killed during the Irish War of Independence {{Ireland-bio-stub

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