This article is from page 17 of the 2008-04-08 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 17 JPG
A WOMAN who lived beside the McDonaghs in Bridge Court told the trial that Charlie went through the knife rack in her kitchen, some time before his death.
‘He took the first knife out but he said it wasn’t sharp enough. Then he got out another one but he didn’t take WerLmssinelos
“Then he took out another knife and put it up his sleeve,” Cara Moy- lan said.
She could not understand a lot of what the brothers said to each other, but heard Charlie calling his brother ‘Paddy Pudding’.
Patrick said he was in the hospi- tal and Charlie now owed him “ten
grand”.
Charlie asked Patrick was he home and Patrick replied, “Ill see you in two minutes.”
Ms Moylan agreed that she had told gardai, “He told me he was going to cut him (Patrick) up and he told me what he was going to do to him.”
Charlie told her to tell the other neighbours to stay off the road as there was going to be trouble.
Charlie left by the front door, tak- ing off his jacket as he went. Patrick came towards him carrying an axe and the brothers fought.
They were separated by their sis- ter and her husband but, as Charlie walked back to his house, Patrick picked up the discarded knife and ecbaue-lanevbeeF