The final accused man has been found guilty by a jury at the Central Criminal Court in Cork of the murder of 42-year old father-of-seven Thomas Dooley.
Four men and a teenager have already been convicted of the murder, while one of the men was also found guilty of assaulting Mr Dooley's wife, Siobhan.
The final one of the six accused, 42-year-old Daniel Dooley, of An Carraigín, Connolly Park, Tralee, Co Kerry, was found guilty by the jury on an 11-1 verdict.
The prosecution alleged that Thomas Dooley's death was an honour killing to settle a score after the break-up of a relationship between one of his daughters and one of the convicted men.
Thomas Dooley was described during this trial as a thoroughly decent man, and a devoted and loving father and husband.
He died when he was attacked with bladed weapons as he and his wife, Siobhan, attended a funeral in Tralee on 5 October, 2022, suffering what the prosecution described as savage injuries.
Siobhan Dooley was also injured - a deep wound she received later required 45 stitches and 30 surgical staples.
For the past seven weeks, five men and a teenager have been on trial charged with Thomas Dooley's murder.
The five men are: the dead man's 36-year-old brother, Patrick Dooley, of Arbutus Grove, Killarney, Co Kerry; his brother-in-law, 43-year-old Thomas Dooley senior and his cousin, 21-year-old Thomas Dooley junior, both of Bay 10, Halting Site, Carrigrohane Road, Cork; and two other cousins, 29-year-old Michael Dooley of Bay 11, Halting Site, Carrigrohane Road, Cork, and 42-year-old Daniel Dooley, of An Carraigín, Connolly Park, Tralee, Co Kerry.
Siobhan Dooley traced the start of the trouble to November, 2019, when - she said - one of her daughters broke up with Thomas Dooley junior and refused to marry him.
Prosecuting senior counsel Dean Kelly said the motive was reasonably clear: honour had been offended and a score had to be settled.
Describing the events in the graveyard, Siobhán Dooley said that Thomas Dooley senior had a weapon in each hand, one shiny and the other rusty. She said he jeered her husband: "You're a big man now".
Siobhán Dooley identified Thomas Dooley junior as one of the attackers, and said he had assaulted her too.
She said the teenager had an axe-like weapon over his head, like something you'd see in an Indian movie.
The case against the dead man's younger brother, Patrick Dooley, was that he inflicted injuries to Thomas Dooley's legs with a weapon. Siobhán Dooley said he was grinning.
All four were found guilty by the jury last week.
On Tuesday, the jury resumed deliberations and by the end of the day a unanimous guilty verdict had also been returned in the case of Michael Dooley.
Siobhán Dooley had told the trial Michael Dooley had a weapon in his hand and had participated in the attack.
The jury returned with an 11-1 guilty verdict in relation to Daniel Dooley.
The trial had heard that Danny Dooley told his brother Michael to shove over to give him a go when they were attacking Thomas Dooley.
After the final verdict was delivered, Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring thanked the 10 men and two women of the jury for their service and excused them from jury duty for 15 years.
The five men will be sentenced here next Tuesday.
The teenager's case has been adjourned until October.
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