Joseph Howley, from Oranmore, County Galway, was a member of the Irish Volunteers.
[3] Howley was shot dead by the R.I.C at the Broadstone Railway Station in Dublin, Ireland, on 4 December 1920.
[4] A special Intelligence Unit attached to the RIC known as the Cairo Gang was responsible.
[5] A memorial statue to him was erected in 1947 in Howley Court in Oranmore;[6] its inscription reads: Comdt.
He led his volunteers in Easter week 1916 and was murdered by English agents at the Broadstone Dublin 1920.