Occupation Railway Foreman Name Hubert Tully | Nationality Irish | |
Born 1 January 1895
Roscommon, Ireland ( 1895-01-01 ) Died 11 May 1921(1921-05-11) (aged 26)
Woodquay, Galway, Ireland | ||
Hubert Tully, Irish War of Independence victim, died 11 May 1921.
Hubert Tully was 26 years old, and was a native of County Roscommon. He was a Foreman at Galway Railway Station. He was a contact of Sean Broderick. Broderick was the Officer Commanding, 4th Battalion, Galway Brigade of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Irish War of Independence.
He was staying at 35 St Brigids Terrace, in a house owned by Thomas Carew and his wife. On the night of 11 May 1921, a party of Black and Tans called at the house. They were looking for Tully, and seemed to have information provided by an informer. They asked him his name, and after he replied, they shot him a number of times. At this stage he was still alive, so they propped him up and shot him in the head.
Earlier that night, the same party of Black and Tans had gone to the home of James Folan, a member of the Galway Brigade of the Old IRA, in O'Donoghue's Terrace, Woodquay. Not finding James Folan at home, they had shot his brothers Joseph and Christopher Folan. Christopher died at the scene, his brother Joseph was brought to Galway Hospital and survived.