Michael Moran (murder victim)
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Michael Moran, 1893-1921.
Moran was a native of Carramoneen, Tuam
, County Galway
was shot dead in Galway
while in the custody of the Royal Irish Constabulary
. He was said to have been shot while trying to escape. It is not known what relation he had, if any, with the Irish Republican Army
. He was one of a number of people killed in County Galway
during the Irish War of Independence
.
Moran was a native of Carramoneen, Tuam
Tuam
Tuam is a town in County Galway, Ireland. The name is pronounced choo-um . It is situated west of the midlands of Ireland, and north of Galway city.-History:...
, County Galway
County Galway
County Galway is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the city of Galway. Galway County Council is the local authority for the county. There are several strongly Irish-speaking areas in the west of the county...
was shot dead in Galway
Galway
Galway or City of Galway is a city in County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It is the sixth largest and the fastest-growing city in Ireland. It is also the third largest city within the Republic and the only city in the Province of Connacht. Located on the west coast of Ireland, it sits on the...
while in the custody of the Royal Irish Constabulary
Royal Irish Constabulary
The armed Royal Irish Constabulary was Ireland's major police force for most of the nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries. A separate civic police force, the unarmed Dublin Metropolitan Police controlled the capital, and the cities of Derry and Belfast, originally with their own police...
. He was said to have been shot while trying to escape. It is not known what relation he had, if any, with the Irish Republican Army
Irish Republican Army
The Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican revolutionary military organisation. It was descended from the Irish Volunteers, an organisation established on 25 November 1913 that staged the Easter Rising in April 1916...
. He was one of a number of people killed in County Galway
County Galway
County Galway is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the city of Galway. Galway County Council is the local authority for the county. There are several strongly Irish-speaking areas in the west of the county...
during the Irish War of Independence
Irish War of Independence
The Irish War of Independence , Anglo-Irish War, Black and Tan War, or Tan War was a guerrilla war mounted by the Irish Republican Army against the British government and its forces in Ireland. It began in January 1919, following the Irish Republic's declaration of independence. Both sides agreed...
.
See also
- Jim KirwanJim KirwanJim Kirwan Irish War of Independence victim, died January 1921.Kirwan was a native of Balliastack, Corofin, Tuam, County Galway. He was working in a field with a horse and cart, near his father. Upon hearing some shots, Kirwan's father ran to the site to find a large number of uniformed men around...
- Frank Shawe-TaylorFrank Shawe-TaylorFrank Shawe-Taylor was an Irish land agent and murder victim. Arising from a land dispute, a shocking event in County Galway during the Irish War of Independence led to a series of further deaths and tragedies.-Background to the dispute:...
- Tom Egan (murder victim)
- Michael Griffin (Irish priest)Michael Griffin (Irish priest)Father Michael Griffin was an Irish Roman Catholic priest.Griffin was born at Gurteen, near Ballinasloe, County Galway. He was ordained at St Patrick's College, Maynooth in 1917...
- Seosamh Ó DónalláinSeosamh Ó DónalláinSeosamh Ó Dónalláin, , member of the Irish Republican Army, died 1920.Ó Dónalláin was a native of Kilkerrin, Ballinasloe, and came to be involved with the volunteer movement via his brother, Tom Donnellan, who was principal teacher at Brierhill.He was shot dead in an ambush at the Old Gallows near...
Reference
- The History and Folklore of the Barony of Clare, Michael J. Hughes, c. 1993.