‘When I have my stockings on, I'll get you’ – enemy farmers found guilty of assaulting each other

Brendan Forde (53) admitted striking Brian Gill (41) with iron bar, but said he did it in self-defence

Brian Gill (left) and Brendan Forde (right) at Gort Court.

Gordon Deegan

A court has heard that a Galway farmer arrived barefooted at a neighbour’s farmyard and told the property owner: “When I have my stockings on, I’ll get you.”

At Gort District Court, Brian Gill (41) alleged that Brendan Forde (53) made the threat shortly before hitting him across the head with an iron bar.