Best to check first

[presta]

Derelict house had been boarded up for over 20 years before someone discovered the occupant was still in it.
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41050703.html

 

[I like Skol]

Stayed in Mallow once for a long weekend while doing a Motorsport event in the surrounding area.
I was not in a hurry to go back and this does not surprise me.
Think it was 2007 so probably drove past the property a few times when going through the small town.

 

[lazybloke]

"Member of his family in Kerry were notified".

Can only speculate why the house wasn't investigated earlier; perhaps not a close-knit family.

 

[Dogtrousers]

The worrying question is when was it boarded up? Was Mr O'Sullivan alive or dead at the time?

 

[Cycleops]

And it was always thought that this only happens in big cities and towns. Who'd a thought?