Joe Howley
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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:
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- ↑ Land and Revolution: Nationalist Politics in the West of Ireland 1891-1921, Fergus Campbell, Oxford University Press, 2005; Template:ISBN page 210.
- ↑ Galway City Council - Heritage Magazine - Summer 2006 - Page 27 Script error: No such module "webarchive".[1] Script error: No such module "webarchive".
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- ↑ The History of Galway, by Sean Spellissy, Template:ISBN, Celtic Bookshop, (1999), page 131.
- ↑ Pádraig Ó Fathaigh's War of Independence: Recollections of a Galway Gaelic Leaguer, Timothy G. McMahon, Cork University Press, 2000; Template:ISBN
- ↑ Howley Statue Picture
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