- Sarah McNally, 41, was stabbed in the neck at The Ceili House in Queens
- The source said her boyfriend came into the bar where she worked and attacked her.
- A neighbor described McNally as a ‘sweet, innocent’ woman from Ireland
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An Irish woman was reportedly stabbed to death by her boyfriend inside the New York City bar where she worked.
Sarah McNally, 41, was stabbed in the neck at The Ceili House in Queens on Saturday, according to a New York City police spokesperson.
When police arrived at around 6.34pm, McNally and an unidentified man with stab wounds to his back and neck were found at the scene.
It is unknown what caused the incident, but sources said The New York Post McNally’s boyfriend was the attacker.
“She was standing there talking, her boyfriend walked in and he just walked in and stabbed her,” an unidentified witness said.
He then started trying to stab himself. Awful. Just horrible.’
Sarah McNally, 41, was stabbed in the neck at The Ceili House in Queens on Saturday.
The suspect allegedly had a knife in each hand and was bleeding from self-inflicted wounds when police arrived. The officers told him to drop his weapons and Tasered him when he refused to comply.
Both people were taken to New York City Hospitals and Health Centers in Elmhurst in critical condition, where McNally died from his injuries.
The NYPD said the investigation remains ongoing and no arrests have been made.
McNally, who is from Longford, Ireland, had reportedly been living with her boyfriend and had no history of domestic violence.
McNally (left), from Longford, Ireland, had allegedly been living with her boyfriend and had no history of domestic violence.
It is unknown what caused the incident, but sources said McNally’s boyfriend was the attacker.
Mike Lambe, a 62-year-old woman who lives in the neighborhood, told The Post she was a “sweet, innocent girl from Longford” who had worked at the bar for less than a year.
McNally’s aunt, Mark McNally, wrote a touching Facebook post acknowledging his death.
‘Rest in peace my beautiful niece Sarah, we are heartbroken, we will always love you.’
Longford Borough Council’s Cathaoirleach director Martin Monahan told the Irish independent: “The people of Longford will be saddened and shocked by the sudden disappearance of a young life, someone who has made a life for himself in New York.”
“For such a young life to end so tragically in such violent circumstances, our thoughts and prayers are with the people of the Queens area of New York who knew her, her mother and father in Longford, as well as her family extended”.