Forensic examination into blaze that claimed lives of three family members

A FORENSIC team will travel to Kerry today to examine the scene of a house fire which claimed the lives of three members of the one family.

Mon, 23 Sep, 2002 - 01:00

Anne Lucey and Sean O’Riordan

John and Mary Daly, both in their sixties, and their 24-year-old son, Shane, died after flames engulfed their two-storey farmhouse less than a mile from Castlemaine.

The family’s eldest son James, 29, travelled to Dublin for yesterday’s All-Ireland clash with Armagh. He returned to Kerry yesterday. Two other members of the family, two daughters, were not in the house at the time. The fire was spotted by a bus driver shortly after 8.30am yesterday. By the time emergency services arrived, which is set back off the main Killarney to Dingle road, the roof was partially collapsed.