Ireland Crime

Named as

Victim

Offences

Theft

Where

Co. Limerick

Reporting

2 reports, 10 Jun 2023 to 12 Jun 2023

Outlets

tipperarylive.ie, limerickleader.ie

• Gnomes stolen from teenager's grave at Knockainey Cemetery, Co Limerick Theft · Co. Limerick

  Three Limerick hurling gnomes and one soccer gnome were stolen from the grave of Kevin Walsh, a 16-year-old boy from Bruff, at Knockainey Cemetery in County Limerick. His mother, Kate Tierney Walsh, found them missing when she went to cut the grass, and it was the second theft from the grave in recent weeks. Kevin died in an April 2006 collision in Toomevara, County Tipperary. The theft was reported on 10 June 2023, and on 12 June 2023 Ms Walsh was reported to have posted photographs on Facebook asking for the items to be returned, and no suspect has been identified or arrested.

  Reported, 10 Jun 2023Victim · 2 reports

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 12 Jun2023
   Reportedtipperarylive.ie, in Gnomes stolen from teenager's grave at Knockainey Cemetery, Co Limerick

   'Whoever is doing it please STOP,' people incensed at theft from teenager's grave

   victim, Kate Tierney Walsh, irish (judged from name)Kate Tierney WalshIE
2. 10 Jun2023
   Reportedlimerickleader.ie, in Gnomes stolen from teenager's grave at Knockainey Cemetery, Co Limerick

   Limerick people incensed at theft from teenager's grave

   victim, Kate Tierney Walsh, irish (judged from name)Kate Tierney WalshIE

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