The Killing of Fr Niall Molloy

I wonder what Therese flynns input was in the financial partnership....fr Molloy seemed to be the most knowledgeable with the horsey part of the partnership as regards show jumping competitions participation as can be seen from media pictures of him and maybe ... That included breeding, foaling,sales,stud fees..... obviously her/Richards home and her/Richards stables and her/Richards 60 acres of land around kilcoursey house for grazing/feed being the 'headquarters' was being used and would form a partnership as such but he seemed the boss and brains of it and HE was creating the profits for the partnership..... so in reality HE was the only one really investing the whole £24000 of the profits HE made for the 'partnership' on buying their land which in theory would then be his own land for his continuing equine hobby.... His own stud farm .... but on paper looks like he only invested £12000 based on the 'partnership' and this would be more critical for him if that full amount of his £24000 wouldn't/couldn't be paid back as the sale didn't complete it's finality as he probably was trusted it would.

I think she killed him and became hysterical when she realised what she had done. Richard gave her a few thumps to try bring here to her senses, eventually had her sedated and brought to hospital in a bid to stop her incriminating herself. He initially decided to take the fall for her when first interviewed so as to take out any chance of her becoming a person of interest. Son got rid of whatever implement his mother used to strike the priest.

Case solved 😁

Possibly, but she would have been seen by doctors and nurses who would have noticed and bruising due to Richard thumping her. She was a hard looking ticket, so I don't doubt it was in her but I still think the father/son done it and she freaked out watching it.

Theresa claimed to have suffered memory loss and blacked out around the time of the assault taking place. It's not uncommon for people that commit violent acts that would be considered out of character to suffer amnesia regarding the events. In January 2020, Deirdre Morley killed her children and was found hours later in a distressed state, she had no recollection of the events. She was later found not guilty by reason of insanity.

Amnesia for Violent Offenses: Factors Underlying Memory Loss and Recovery

Theresa being punched by her husband could possibly have been part of the plan to give their story some authenticity - a couple of truths to hide the lie. When Theresa said her husband had punched her she would have been telling the truth. If Richard had also punched Fr. Molloy several times to mask the injuries the priest suffered from being struck by an implement such as a statuette of a horse he would have been truthful in saying he did so. Saying it was because of who was supposed to go down stairs to get a drink was a little white lie, they'd hardly condemn you to hell for something like that.

The supposed argument about getting a drink was a lie, Richard Flynn had also claimed it was an argument about politics. He later denied having said there was an argument about politics. I think they were trying those lies on for size to see what stuck. He didn't sign the original statement given to the garda so that left wiggle room to manoeuvre afterwards.

The broken coffee table and missing statuette were reported to the gardai in a statement given by one of the staff after the murder.

The Flynn story was that the table was broken by a child on the day of the wedding, another version of their story was that the table was broken by a child in the week before the wedding. From what we know those stories were never investigated. There was another story that Fr. Molloy had been pushed into the coffee table some days before the wedding and that is how it came to be broken.

The missing statuette was never explained but it was known about before the theft of the files from the DPP's office in 1987.

The simplest solution is nearest the truth.

Mrs Flynn involvement in this story is as relevant as Richard flynn's...

Was Theresa Flynn involved with Molloy prior to her marriage ? I heard that they were , and that she rejected his proposal of marriage , and he joined the priesthood subsequently ?

Richard Flynn's situation regarding the fatal assualt and the background leading to it puts him in a better light following this programme piece on primetime

The indo had the same story I know... seeing it broadcast on TV has more of a impact I suppose

While there is no doubt Richard flynn delivered the fatal blows and accepted he did ....he had to live with that for the rest of his life....but his relationship and marriage to Theresa Flynn must have been a sham to him as he wanted to end it numerous times... first time this was mentioned in documentary....those living arrangements must have made him feel like a spare tool in his own house.

It's not like that he was a danger to society whether convicted or not in a court of law...he was culpable in the priests untimely death more likely accidental and that will forever be associated with him

Manslaughter

Oh that's exactly what it was. The church wanting to avoid a scandal at any cost. And those in power circling the wagons to keep the Hoi Polloi tamed and ignorant.

I would like to think that we have moved on from those **** times but am not so sure.

There are 2 motives for Richard Flynn murdering Fr Niall:

• The priests relationship with Therese Flynn - Richard Flynn must have known what was going on between the priest and Therese. Richard appears to have tolerated this and even facilitated this by allowing the priest his own room in their house. This was a very unusual situtation. It was a sham marriage by the looks of it and the Flynns wanted to keep an outer appearance of being a happy respectable couple. Marriage breakup was'nt acceptable back in the 1980's - you married for life. Marraige breakdown could lead to social and financial ruin so they simply had to keep up a pretence. Same situation for Fr Molloy - it would be ruin for him if he left the priesthood.
• The money owed by the Flynns to Fr Niall Molloy - In my opinion this is more likely to have caused tempers to flare and resulted in Richard Flynn murdering Fr Niall Molloy.

He should have had to live with it in prison.

Interesting angle

Just to correct my recent post...it was fr Niall Molloy himself who took life insurance out on himself and named Theresa Flynn as his sister as beneficiary....also it looked like a shotgun wedding maybe had to be organised quickly and was going to be a big cost to the flynns as the Flynn's daughter getting married to Ralph Parkes seemed to be already pregnant at the July 1985 marriage ceremony and had their baby in December 1985.

Yeah, mad stuff. Bottom line here is that an innocent man was killed. (I don't think anyone believes the self defense nonsense, as the priest was absolutely battered and allowed to die).... and the well "connected" cute hoors from the local big house, got away with it