Who murdered Una Lynsky?

AMKC

Was it the cousin was it a friend or some other relative? One thing is for sure the Garda investigating it at the time done a sh-it job and the murderer got away with it.

Who do you think done it and why has her body never been found?

Hangdogroad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058263041/who-murdered-una-lynsky

Her body was found.

dxhound2005

Lynskey.

BobDole22

We'll never know the answer to that unfortunately thanks to the thugs of guards who battered false confessions out of innocent men.

Deeec

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058263041/who-murdered-una-lynsky

Her body was found.

I dont think it was a relative or friend that murdered her. A distinctive car (driven by a well dressed man)was seen driving in the area at the time she went missing by a number of witness's. It would have been easy to determine who in the country owned similar cars and narrow down who the murderer could be. It would appear the Gardai never done this. Maybe they did actually trace the car and the identity of the man was covered up for some reason.

Caquas

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121237774#Comment_121237774

Mick Clifford has published a book on the case. After detailed analysis of the evidence, as I would expect from Mick Clifford, he is driven to the conclusion that

Gardaí may eventually be able to identify a prime suspect. But acquiring enough solid facts to the point that naming such a person could be justified remains a long shot. The chances of ever identifying who killed Ms Lynskey remains remote.

Some points that I didn't know:

Una Lynskey was in love with local man, Paddy Kelly, but her mother was against the match and the day before she disappeared, Una confided in her cousin Ann on the bus to Dublin: “It’s all off. Paddy’s breaking it off because he isn’t wanted in my home.” But that night, "Paddy and Una were back together. She had been unwell and he took her to a doctor in Dublin."

Recently, a woman contacted Mick Clifford to say that, shortly after the murder, an aunt of hers claimed that her brother-in-law was responsible. He had a record of violence and robbery. On October 30, 1971, just of a fortnight after the murder, he was remanded in custody on robbery and assault charges. He was subsequently sentenced to five years in prison for the offences. This man used to travel to race meetings with an older friend in a Ford Zephyr or Zodiac car. Fairyhouse is very close to the crime scene but nothing specific links this man to the murder.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/crime/who-killed-una-lynskey-the-shocking-story-of-murder-revenge-and-a-miscarriage-of-justice/a638257629.html

elperello

Please edit the thread title to at least give the woman her proper name, Lynskey.

As for the question of who was responsible for her death it's extremely unlikely a definitive answer will emerge from this thread.