[clarification needed] They rendezvoused with the Castlegar man under Brian Molloy and Pat Callanan at Carnmore.
Arriving at Moyode they congregated with other companies but lack of orders and supplies led to fatigue and hunger.
However, a letter was found in his wife's handbag which gave his address as at Bohans, Borra, Moycullen.
After his release, he was arrested in 1918 in connection with the German Plot, this time in Wormwood Scrubs and Winson Green.
After his release from Birmingham Prison he was appointed a justice of the Sinn Féin courts for south and west Galway.
[1] Ruane was a member of the County Board and a chairman of the Galway District Council for seven years.