Joseph Howley, from Oranmore, County Galway, was a member of the Irish Volunteers. Howley mobilized and led a combined contingent of 106 Volunteers from Oranmore Including Tommy Furey and neighboring on Easter Tuesday morning of the 1916 Easter Rising. Their plan was to attack the Oranmore barracks. The company failed to capture the barracks, and his men to join those of Liam Mellows. According to the reports Joseph Howley is the revenue collector-general.