A tragic couple found dead in a rural Irish village have been named locally as Patrick and Mary Doherty.A relative found them in the bedroom of their house in Milltown and contacted gardai immediately.Donegal county coroner Dr Denis McCauley also attended the scene.
The bodies were removed from the house and post mortems are due to take place at Letterkenny University Hospital.Patrick, in his 80s, and Mary, in her 70s, were very well-known in the area. A Garda source said that there was no sign of trauma to the couple and there were also no signs of a break-in to the white-washed terraced home on the outskirts of the village.They added: "We obviously have to examine every possible cause of death but at this stage it does not appear as if there was a break-in or that there was any sign of trauma. How to follow the Irish Mirror on social media You can like our main Facebook page here.
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