Murdered Kerry farmer Michael Gaine left an estate of €1.86m

Michael Gaine, the murdered Kerry farmer whose remains were found in a slurry spreader last year, left an estate valued at €1.86 million, official records show.

Gaine (56) was reported missing in March 2025, prompting a number of large-scale searches of farmland over almost two months and involving scores of gardaí, mountain search teams and Defence Forces personnel.

He was last seen on CCTV buying mobile phone credit at a Centra shop in Kenmare on March 20th before driving off in his car.

The car, containing Gaine’s phone and wallet, was later found by gardaí searching a farmyard at Carrig East, near Kenmare.

A crime scene was declared at Mr Gaine’s farm in Carrig East after the remains were discovered.

The farmyard, part of the Gaine family property, is a few kilometres from where Gaine and his wife and children lived at Carhoomeengar.

Papers released by the Probate Office this week list Gaine’s death as having occurred at Carrig East on May 16th, 2025, although gardaí believe Gaine was killed on the day he went missing.

A man aged in his 50s was arrested on suspicion of Mr Gaine’s murder.

He was held for questioning for one day before being released without charge from Killarney Garda Station.