Show Notes
In the early hours of 11 February 1984, 23-year-old Patrick Nugent was found fatally injured after managing an anniversary party at Bunratty Folk Park. With two damaged cars, conflicting accounts from those who remained and Patrick’s final words, “He clocked me,” his family have spent more than forty years fighting to learn what happened that night.
This episode was written, hosted and produced by Jenny Claffey, with research by Karl O’Reilly.
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Sources Forty Years On, the Question Persists: Who ‘Clocked’ Patrick Nugent? – RTÉ Who ‘Clocked’ Patrick Nugent? A Family Still Searches for Answers – The Irish Times The Death of Patrick Nugent – Magill Family Told Report into Investigation of Clare Man’s 1984 Death Will Be Released – The Irish Times Strange, Mysterious Case of Patrick Nugent’s Death Still Shrouded in Subterfuge 40 Years On – Irish Independent Body of Patrick Nugent, Who Died in Unexplained Circumstances in 1984, to Be Exhumed – TheJournal.ie Patrick Nugent Postmortem Completed as Part of New Investigation – TheJournal.ie One Night in Bunratty: Patrick Nugent – Ireland Crimes and Mysteries State Postmortem on Exhumed Remains of Patrick Nugent Completed – The Irish Times Death of Patrick Nugent: Investigation, Bunratty, Co. Clare – An Garda Síochána Renewed Appeal over Patrick Nugent’s Death as Body Is Exhumed – RTÉ Official Terms of Reference for the Patrick Clyne Inquiry – Irish Statute Book Bunratty Castle: History and Restoration – Heritage Ireland
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