Ireland Crime

Named as

Victim

Born

Between May 1985 and March 1986, from the ages reported

Nationality

Irish, as stated in a report

Offences

Murder, Suicide, Murder (four counts)

Where

Co. Cavan

Reporting

2 reports, 13 Mar 2025 to 18 May 2025

Outlets

irishmirror.ie

Photographs

as published, with the outlet's credit

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• Family demands release of Cavan murder-suicide Garda review Murder · Co. Cavan

  In August 2016, Alan Hawe, 40, a vice principal at Castlerahan National School, murdered his wife Clodagh Hawe, 39, and their three sons Liam, 13, Niall, 11, and Ryan, 6, at their home in Ballyjamesduff, Co Cavan, before taking his own life. Hawe killed Clodagh with a hatchet, knife, and his bare hands in the sitting room, then slit the throats of his three sleeping sons. A 2019 Garda Review was critical of the initial investigation, noting that a secret phone, laptops, and other digital devices were destroyed before the review took place. In May 2025, Clodagh's sister Jacqueline Connolly released her memoir 'Deadly Silence' and appealed to Garda Commissioner Drew Harris to release the review findings as a matter of urgency.

  No stage yetVictim · 1 report
• Memorial garden to replace Cavan murder house Murder (four counts) · Co. Cavan

  Alan Hawe, 40, an Irish man and deputy principal of Castlerahan National School, killed his wife Clodagh, 39, and their three children Liam, 13, Niall, 11, and Ryan, 6, with a knife at their home in Barconey, outside Ballyjamesduff, Co Cavan, on 28 August 2016, before hanging himself. The bodies were discovered by the mother-in-law, Mrs Coll, who found a handwritten note on the door, and Hawe left a suicide note apologising for his actions. An inquest returned four verdicts of unlawful killings and a verdict of suicide for Alan Hawe. The house was demolished in the week of 13 March 2025, and a memorial garden is to be built in its place.

  No stage yetVictim · 1 report

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 18 May2025
   Otheririshmirror.ie, in Family demands release of Cavan murder-suicide Garda review

   Family of mum and kids murdered by husband demand Garda review be made public

   victim, Clodagh Hawe, 39, female, irish (judged from name)Clodagh Hawe♀39IE
2. 13 Mar2025
   Otheririshmirror.ie, in Memorial garden to replace Cavan murder house

   House where Irish schoolteacher murdered wife and three children demolished

   victim, Clodagh Hawe, 39, female, Irish, irishClodagh Hawe♀39IE

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