The funeral arrangements for Sarah McNally, the 41-year-old Co Longford woman who was murdered in New York City on March 30, have been announced.
A notice on RIP.ie says: "Reposing at Glennon's Funeral Home, Ballinalee Road (N39 EC81) on Sunday 7th April from 5:00 pm, concluding with prayers at 8:00 pm.
"Mass of The Resurrection at 11:00 am on Monday 8th April in St. Mel's Cathedral followed by a private cremation."
The Funeral Mass for Sarah McNally will be streamed live online here.
House is strictly private.
McNally's family has requested that donations, if desired, be made to the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust or c/o Glennon Funeral Directors or any family member.
McNally, the notice says, is "Sadly missed and remembered with love by her family, her loving mother Dorrie, dear father Des, grandmother Kathleen O’Connor, aunts, uncles, relatives, extended family and a wide circle of friends in Longford and New York."
A GoFundMe for the funeral and associated costs for the family of McNally has raised $7,770 since being launched in New York three days ago. The fundraising page says that details about a memorial mass for McNally will follow.
McNally died on Saturday night, March 30 after being stabbed by her boyfriend while working at The Céilí House, an Irish bar in Maspeth, Queens.
36-year-old Marcin Pieciak of Glendale has been charged with murder in the second degree and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree.
According to The Daily News, Pieciak appeared before Queens Criminal Court Judge Julieta Lozano virtually from his bed in Elmhurst Hospital Center on Wednesday. During the arraignment, the court heard that Pieciak and McNally's relationship "was not going well" and that McNally had been considering returning to Ireland.
The Queens District Attorney's Office says that according to the charges, Pieciak stabbed McNally multiple times at The Céilí House, where she was bartending, on Saturday evening.
Pieciak cut his own throat several times and tried to leave the bar. A bar patron made efforts to detain Pieciak until police arrived.
Police recovered two knives from the ground after observing Pieciak drop them as he left the bar.
Judge Lozano ordered that Pieciak be held without bail and return to court on April 5. He faces up to 25 years to life in prison if convicted.
District Attorney Katz said in a statement: “This was an attack that shocked the community.
"It was unprovoked and a devastating loss for the family.
"We are using every resource to make sure there is accountability.”
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