Michael Moran

Michael Moran (4 December 1890 – 24 November 1920) was commandant of the Tuam Battalion of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Irish War of Independence. He was shot dead in controversial circumstances, by members of the Auxiliary Division, on 24 November 1920.

Early life A native of Carramoneen, Tuam, County Galway, Moran was born in 1890 In the aftermath of the 1916 Easter Rising, he became involved with Sinn Féin and the Irish Volunteers.