How Did Mick Lally Die?

Michael Lally was an Irish stage, film, and television actor. He left a teaching career for acting during the 1970s. Though best known in Ireland for his role as Miley Byrne in the television soap Glenroe, Lally's stage career spanned several decades, and he was involved in feature films such as Alexander and the Academy Award-nominated The Secret of Kells. He died in August 2010 of emphysema. Many reports cited him as one of Ireland's finest and most recognisable actors.