Patrick ‘Patsy’ O’Sullivan was 35 years old when he went missing in Co Cork 34 years ago
Patsy O’Sullivan was 35 when he vanished in April 1992(Image: An Garda Siochana)
Gardai have provided a tragic update in the decades-long search for a missing Cork man as a body has been located.
Patrick ‘Patsy’ O’Sullivan was just 35 years old when he went missing in Co Cork 34 years ago. The search has now been stood down, CorkBeo reports.
Mr O’Sullivan disappeared in 1992, with his last-known contact with family coming in Lombardstown, Cork over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend in April of that year. He had returned from work in neighbouring Co Kerry.
He was due to come back to see his family in the following weeks for a Christening but he never turned up at the event, and has been missing ever since.
‘Patsy’ would often go away to work for weeks at a time, in different locations, but he would always maintain contact with his family, and return periodically.
Over the years, his family never gave up hope of finding Patsy again and made a fresh appeal for information as recently as July of this year, using social media to appeal to people in Co Kerry and beyond for any information they might have, no matter how small.
It’s now understood however that Patsy has been located deceased abroad, and his family has been informed.
The case of his disappearance was also shared on Crimecall on a number of occasions, including last year, when he would have been 68 years old.
Patsy was the middle child of seven siblings, with his two brothers previously speaking to RTE about the pain they have felt since he went missing.
His brother Jerry simply put it: “He just stopped coming home.” Jerry also recalled his brother having a “heart of gold”, while other brother Eugene said he always “enjoyed his life to the full.”
In this evening’s update, a Garda spokesperson said: “The missing person, Patrick (Patsy) O’Sullivan, whose last known contact with his family was in Lombardstown, County Cork in April 1992, has been located.
“An Garda Síochána would like to thank the media and public for their assistance.”
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