Young man stabbed to death in line at locally named Mayo home

A 24-year-old man was stabbed to death after a house fight that left neighbors in fear.

Michael McDonagh was repeatedly stabbed during the frenzied attack.

The victim, a member of a family of established travelers from Knock, was occasionally staying at the home on the Carrabeg Estate in Swinford, Co Mayo.

Gardaí rushed to the property around 10:50 p.m. Monday night after receiving reports of screaming and disturbances at the one-bedroom house.

McDonagh died within minutes after the bloody attack despite the best efforts of medical personnel to save him.

Gardai arrested a Pole in his 30s at the scene, and detectives at Castlebar Garda station questioned him Tuesday night after his detention period was extended.

Officers also took possession of a knife, the alleged murder weapon.

The murder investigation is led by Superintendent Joe McKenna of the Major Crimes Unit in May and Gardai conducted house-to-house investigations on Monday and viewed CCTV footage.

Meanwhile, Acting Deputy State Pathologist Dr. Kathleen Han Suyin, from Mayo University Hospital in Castlebar, carried out a post-mortem examination on the victim’s body.

The victim is understood to have been stabbed in a separate attack in the Ballyhaunis area last August.

Neighbor Ann Rowley, a married mother of four who has lived on the farm for 40 years, said: “It’s terrible to hear that something like this has happened so close to you.

“It is shocking.

“My son went to bed at 11pm and he called us and said, ‘There’s a commotion outside,’ but other than that, I wouldn’t have any dealings with any of them around here.

“I would be alone.

“I saw two boys [Michael McDonagh and another man] coming down to the house around half past nine “

Meanwhile, Michael Smyth, Fianna Fail’s local Cllr, who insisted that more community guards were needed in Swinford, said: “It was… chaotic.

“Nobody deserves to die like this.”

Gardaí has ​​asked anyone with information to contact them in Castlebar, and in particular anyone who has been in the Swinford Town area between 8:00 PM and 11:15 PM on Monday morning. night.