He had eight children, one of whom had died. The father of the family, Patrick, had died in 1921 aged 80. The lack of grief shown by the family was a cause of shock in the area and the Gardaí quickly started to look into the background of the eccentric O’Leary household. She replied coolly “Wisha, it can’t be helped.”Ī day later, the O’Leary’s dog was seen running past the house holding a human arm stripped of flesh in its mouth. When informed that there was suspicion against him, Con replied: “I’ll go to heaven, anyway.” One Garda remarked to Hannah, who was known locally as a surly, bad-tempered woman, that it was a terrible case. None of the three siblings seemed surprised by the horrendous sight, nor did they express any sorrow at the butchery of their brother.Īt the wake on the following day, a large crowd of mourners were appalled to see various body parts from Patrick’s dismembered corpse strewn around in an open coffin. The Gardaí urged them to look again and after several minutes Mary-Anne (41) eventually admitted it was her brother. Both women seemed disinterested, claiming never to have laid eyes on that person before. Hannah and Mary-Anne were asked to identify the head of their brother which the Gardaí laid out on the table in front of them. There would also be precious little clarity from the other members of the O’Leary family. The Gardaí had not accused him of anything of the sort and their suspicions were immediately aroused at this unusual reaction. My hands are clean.” He also told the police that he had not taken part in any murder. Cornelius seemed surprisingly unperturbed by the grisly sight but identified it as his brother “Yes, this is Pat.”Ī few minutes later, he looked again and said : “I do not know whose head it is.” The Gardaí reminded him that he had just identified the head as his brother’s. The Gardaí accompanied him to the field and showed him the remains. They found Cornelius O’Leary (37), brother of the missing man, in a pub in Milltown. Gardaí were soon made aware of a farmer from the locality, Patrick O’Leary (40), who had last been seen on the 25 February. Eight pieces of the body lay scattered around the immediate area, some thrown into a river. Walsh reported the find to the Gardaí and was so badly affected by the horrific sight that he spent time in a mental hospital. Under a bush lay a sack which appeared to contain parts of a dismembered human corpse. A severed head lay some yards away. On 10 March 1924, a farmer named Michael Walsh was walking through a field in Kilkerran when he made a shocking discovery.
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