Man who died in Connemara house fire named locally

Galway Bay fm newsroom – The man who died in a house fire in Connemara overnight has been named locally as Bartley Walsh from Lower Camus, Rosmuc. A postmortem examination is being carried out on the body of the 73-year old at University Hospital Galway. The blaze broke out at the house in Camus just after 11.30 last night when neighbours noticed the blaze. Two units of Clifden fire brigade rushed to the scene and spent three hours bringing the blaze under control. Bartley Walsh was the only occupant of the house and died at the scene. It's understood Gardaí are not treating the fire as suspicious.