Gardaí finds an apparent suicide note in one of the men

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Gardaí, who is investigating an alleged murder-suicide in north Cork that left a father and two sons dead, is examining whether the attack could have been planned by two of those involved.

This follows the discovery of an apparent long and detailed suicide note about one of the deceased, according to The Irish Times.

Gardaí found the note on the body of Diarmuid O’Sullivan (23) while investigating the death of his brother, Mark (26), at the family home near Castlemagner on Monday morning and the subsequent deaths of Diarmuid and his father, Tadhg (59) whose bodies were found in a field.

The note, which was a dozen pages long and attached to Diarmuid O’Sullivan’s thigh, is understood to suggest that both Diarmuid and his father had been planning to shoot Mark over a complaint they had regarding a proposed will that divided the 115 -acre farm.

A view of the farmhouse in Assolas, Kanturk, northeast Co Cork, where the bodies of Tadgh O’Sullivan and his two sons, Diarmuid and Mark, were found Monday in what is being treated as an alleged murder-suicide .

Informed sources told The Irish Times that Gardaí is investigating whether O’Sullivan Snr and his son Diarmuid had been planning for several days to shoot Mark.

Mark had accompanied his mother to Dublin, where she underwent surgery earlier this month for a serious medical condition.

Gardaí believes that a final autopsy on Wednesday will help rebuild the tragedy, which has left people “paralyzed, stunned and devastated.”

State pathologist Margaret Bolster will complete the last of the three autopsies on Wednesday.

Local priest, Father John Magner, said the deceased’s mother and wife, Anne O’Sullivan, were “absolutely devastated.”

“You cannot put into words how he felt,” Fr Magner said.

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He said people in Castlemagner parish near Kanturk were “paralyzed, stunned, devastated” by the deaths.

Fr Magner said it was also devastating for family and friends.

“Finding out that the friends they have are just gone, leaving this world so early in life,” he said.

“It is also terrible for families when people die very young. It is very hard for people. It is very difficult for young people to understand why all these things happen,” he told RTÉ.

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