Ireland Named in reporting
Valerie French Kilroy
Born 1982, from the ages reported. 48 reports across 1 case, 6 Mar 2023 to 17 Jul 2026
Victim: Valerie French Kilroy, Irish woman, 41 (judged from name)Valerie French KilroyVictim: Valerie French, Irish person (judged from name)Valerie French
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Victim
- Born
- 1982, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Murder
- Where
- Co. Mayo
- Reporting
- 48 reports, 6 Mar 2023 to 17 Jul 2026
- Outlets
- irishmirror.ie, irishtimes.com, extra.ie, thejournal.ie, rte.ie
Photographs
as published, with the outlet's credit
Valerie Kilroy
Photocredit not given by the outletvia irishmirror.ie, 27 Mar 2023
Valerie French Kilroy (41)
Photocredit not given by the outletvia irishtimes.com, 17 Jul 2026
Valerie French Kilroy.
PhotoGarda Press Officevia thejournal.ie, 26 Jul 2024
Valerie French Kilroy was found dead in Westport in June 2019
Photocredit not given by the outletvia rte.ie, 26 Jul 2024Images are shown from the outlet that published them and link back to the article. Copyright stays with the credited photographer or agency.
Cases
latest first- Co Mayo murder appeal set for January 2027 Murder · Co. Mayo
James Kilroy, a park ranger, is charged with murdering his wife Valerie French Kilroy, a 41-year-old occupational therapist and mother of three, at their home in Kilbree Lower, Westport, Co Mayo, between 13 and 14 June 2019. He was found naked in a field the following morning, detained under the Mental Health Act, and charged with murder, pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. After two trials collapsed, a jury at the Central Criminal Court unanimously convicted him in July 2024 and he was sentenced to mandatory life imprisonment. He was granted legal aid to appeal his conviction in October 2024, and the Court of Appeal fixed the appeal hearing for 19 January 2027.
Sentenced, 29 Jul 2024Victim · 48 reports
Timeline
every report naming Valerie French Kilroy, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 17 Jul2026Park ranger who stabbed and strangled wife to death to appeal convictionvictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 17 Jul2026James Kilroy appeal against conviction for murder of wife to be heard next yearvictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 25 Oct2024James Kilroy given legal aid to appeal conviction for murder of wife Valerie Frenchvictim, Valerie French, irish (judged from name)Valerie French
- 25 Oct2024James Kilroy granted legal aid to appeal conviction for murdering his wife Valerie Frenchvictim, Valerie French Kilroy, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 25 Oct2024Wife killer James Kilroy granted legal aid to appeal murder convictionvictim, Valerie French Kilroy, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 5 Aug2024Murdered Valerie French's brother says family had no indication her husband would kill hervictim, Valerie French, irish (judged from name)Valerie French
- 29 Jul2024James Kilroy given life sentence for murder of wife Valerie French in 2019victim, Valerie French, irish (judged from name)Valerie French
- 29 Jul2024‘She died in terror for her own life and the lives of her children’: Valerie French Kilroy’s husband jailedvictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 26 Jul2024James Kilroy found guilty of wife's murder as insanity defence rejected by juryvictim, Valerie French Kilroy, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 26 Jul2024Valerie French Kilroy murder: Husband found guilty after jury rejects insanity defencevictim, Valerie French Kilroy, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 26 Jul2024Valerie French Kilroy case: Man found guilty of wife’s murdervictim, Valerie French Kilroy, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 26 Jul2024James Kilroy found guilty of murdering wife in 2019victim, Valerie French Kilroy, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 25 Jul2024Jury to consider whether cannabis-induced psychosis can be defence to murdervictim, Valerie French Kilroy, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 25 Jul2024Murder jury can 'consider' cannabis-induced psychosisvictim, Valerie French Kilroy, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 23 Jul2024‘Highly unlikely’ man accused of killing Valerie French Kilroy was intoxicated from cannabis, court toldvictim, Valerie French Kilroy, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 22 Jul2024Park ranger likely suffered from acute psychotic disorder when he killed his wife, murder trial hearsvictim, Valerie French Kilroy, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 19 Jul2024Kilroy case hears drug-induced psychosis not a defence to murdervictim, Valerie French Kilroy, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 17 Jul2024Murder accused suffering from drug-induced psychosis due to cannabis use, trial hearsvictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 12 Jul2024Court hears park ranger on ‘mission from God to kill wife’ did not have a mental disordervictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 10 Jul2024Psychiatrists disagree on whether insanity verdict open to husband accused of murdering wifevictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 20 Nov2023James Kilroy murder trial collapses for second timevictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 20 Nov2023Murder trial of James Kilroy, who admits killing wife at Mayo home, collapses for second timevictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 20 Nov2023Second trial of James Kilroy, accused of murdering his wife Valerie French Kilroy, collapsesvictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 20 Nov2023Murder trial of James Kilroy - who admits killing his wife - collapsesvictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 17 Nov2023James Kilroy likely suffered psychotic episode before killing wife, court hearsvictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 16 Nov2023Man had psychotic episode 18 years before killing his wife, court hearsvictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 14 Nov2023Murder accused 'waited in long grass' before slitting wife's throat, court hearsvictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 14 Nov2023Husband accused of murder ‘waited in long grass’ before knife attack, court hearsvictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 10 Nov2023Murder accused told psychiatrist he was on ‘mission from God to kill’ Valerie French Kilroyvictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 10 Nov2023Murder accused husband told consultant psychiatrist he had to kill wifevictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 10 Nov2023Murder accused told psychiatrist he 'was on mission from God' to kill wifevictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 9 Nov2023Gardaí detained man accused of wife’s murder under Mental Health Act after finding him naked in fieldvictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 8 Nov2023Mayo man accused of killing his wife pleads insanity as murder trial opensvictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 27 Mar2023Retrial of man accused of murdering wife set for autumnvictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 27 Mar2023James Kilroy to stand trial a second time in November, accused of murder of wifevictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 27 Mar2023James Kilroy to go on trial for second time later this yearvictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 20 Mar2023Murder trial of James Kilroy collapses after hitting 'a complex matter'victim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 20 Mar2023James Kilroy’s murder trial collapses after ‘complex matter’ arisesvictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 20 Mar2023Jury in Mayo murder trial dischargedvictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 15 Mar2023James Kilroy murder trial adjourned due to ‘bump in the road’victim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 15 Mar2023James Kilroy murder trial 'unforeseeably' comes to 'a bump in the road'victim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 14 Mar2023Airbnb guest ‘shocked’ to hear Valerie French Kilroy had been killed by her husband during his stayvictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 10 Mar2023Valerie French Kilroy died from ligature strangulation, blunt force trauma and a stab wound, trial hearsvictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 9 Mar2023Valerie French Kilroy found dead in foetal position in camper van, court toldvictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 8 Mar2023Man was found naked in field after he killed wife at Co Mayo home in 2019, jury toldvictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 8 Mar2023Jury asked to decide if Co Mayo murder accused insane when he killed wifevictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 6 Mar2023Man pleads not guilty by reason of insanity to murdering wife in 2019victim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
- 6 Mar2023Man pleads not guilty to murdering Valerie French Kilroy by reason of insanityvictim, Valerie French Kilroy, 41, female, irish (judged from name)Valerie French Kilroy
Matched on the name as printed, ignoring quoted nicknames, and split by the ages reported. Two people who share a name and age would appear together here.