Land row compared to John B Keane play

Author of The Field, John B Keane, would have travelled to Co Donegal to hear the case of a family split by a contested will over a family farm, a court heard yesterday.

The case involving the ownership of a 12-hectare farm at Correnagh, 5km outside Letterkenny, has been heard before Donegal Circuit Civil Court for a total of five days.

Claims and counterclaims of assault, threats, and forced wills have been made between two families, the Kellys and the Gildeas who are both claiming the land.