The man who died following an incident on a farm at Ardagh, Glinsk on Tuesday afternoon has been named locally as Martin Morgan who was aged in his 60s. Mr. Morgan was injured after he was attacked while tending to cattle on his farm at Ardagh. He died at the scene and his body was removed to University Hospital Galway where a postmortem examination was due to be carried out.
Gardaí and the Health and Safety Authority are investigating the incident and the local farming community is said to be in shock.