Crime 'No amount of prayers will save him from the fires of hell' - Fury as mass planned for killer Alan Hawe One year ago today Alan Hawe brutally murdered wife Clodagh and their three sons Close 1/3 Clodagh Hawe with her sons Niall, Ryan and Liam on a holiday in Venice 2/3 The grave of Clodagh Hawe and her three sons in the graveyard beside St Mary’s Church, Castlerahan, Co Cavan. Photo: Kyran O’Brien. 3/3 Killer Alan Hawe Gallery 3 Clodagh Hawe with her sons Niall, Ryan and Liam on a holiday in Venice

The family of Clodagh Hawe have been left devastated after plans were revealed for a church service in memory of her husband - who murdered her and their three sons.

Clodagh (39) and her children Liam (14), Niall (11) and Ryan (6) were brutally murdered by Alan Hawe in their home near Ballyjamesduff, Co Cavan, exactly a year ago today. Hawe then took his own life.

Gallery 3 The grave of Clodagh Hawe and her three sons in the graveyard beside St Mary’s Church, Castlerahan, Co Cavan. Photo: Kyran O’Brien.

Now it has emerged that an anniversary mass is scheduled to be held tomorrow at St Mary's Church in Castlerahan, Co Cavan for the killer.

A close friend of Clodagh's family insisted that they had no idea who organised the service which is scheduled to take place just 9km from where the tragic murder suicide took place in Ballyjamesduff.

"We don't know who organised it - it's just down as 'Alan Hawe' for Wednesday evening mass. We feel it's disrespectful to Clodagh, Liam, Niall and Ryan considering their killer was moved away from them in May.

"Whoever booked that mass are seen by the family to condone what he did, he took their lives, no amount of prayers will save him from the fires of hell."

Gallery 3 Killer Alan Hawe

Clodagh's family were unavailable for comment and the friend said they "just need to be left in peace" today.

Independent.ie contacted St Mary's church in Castlerahan but a spokesman replied "no comment" when asked about the service.

At the weekend Clodagh's heartbroken mother Mary Coll spoke for the first time about the circumstances surrounding the horrific death of her eldest daughter and three grandsons.

The Coll family believe that school vice-principal Hawe's actions were coldly planned, premeditated, and not the actions of someone who just suddenly had a breakdown.

After killing his wife with a knife and a hatchet, and then taking the lives of their sons, Alan Hawe used a computer to transfer money from the couple's joint account to his own account.

He then laid out details of all the couple's bank accounts and financial affairs to be found by whoever came into the house. He also placed all of Clodagh's jewellery neatly on the bed. Before he killed himself, he wrote a note and stuck it to the back door. "Don't come in. Call the gardaí," it said,

Clodagh's family said that the beautiful mum-of-three was clearly unaware of her husband's plan and had been innocently researching a family holiday online, according to the computer history.

They believe the walls were closing in on Hawe - that he was about to suffer a fall from grace.

The Colls said the man who was excessively "controlling" of Clodagh was seeing a counsellor and having difficulty at work when he murdered his wife, their three sons, and then took his own life.

"He looked like the ideal husband, but he was a controlling kind of person," Mary said. "I would ask Clodagh if she would like to go shopping in Dublin she would have to run it by him first. He could be as controlling with his silence as he could be with his words."

Mary Coll and Jacqueline Connolly are fundraising for 'Cavan Lighthouse', which they hope will provide for family aid refuge for victims of domestic violence. Donations can be made here

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