A girl from a hotelier claims that her father could have died from an incendiary bomb attack

The daughter of a man injured during the fire of their family hotel last weekend could have attended his funeral.

Ciaran McKenna was at the Caiseal Mara Hotel in Moville, County Donegal, in the early hours of Sunday morning, when he was targeted by arsonists.

The hotel is to host up to 100 asylum seekers as a direct service center in the coming weeks.

Aoife McKenna, 22, revealed that she had seen the flames coming from the family hotel as she was returning home after a party at 4 am last Sunday.

She recounted how her father had managed to reach the bedroom window on the second floor of the building, the fire having spread throughout the hotel.

It was very surreal. I saw a man at the window and I suddenly realized that it was my dad and that the hotel was on fire.

"He heard the alarm but the smoke had become so strong that he could not go down.

"He was stuck and could not get off, but he phoned firefighters while he was trying to escape," she revealed.

Two units of the Carndonagh and Moville fire departments arrived at the scene in minutes and managed to rescue Ciaran under Aoife's worried look.

Aoife revealed how much family and friends had to stay at the hotel but were canceled at the last minute.

She said that she sincerely believed that someone was despising them and that she could have attended her father's funeral and perhaps the funeral of other family members.

"I firmly believe that someone despised our family, we could have organized a number of funerals today," she said.

Ciaran was transported to the Letterkenny University Hospital, but has since been released from the hospital.

Before the hotel was confirmed as a direct distribution center, the family tried to sell the house twice but both sales failed.

The McKenna family left the Cabra and Glasnevin area of ​​Dublin to settle in Donegal four years ago to start a new life after having friends.

Aoife has confirmed that since the announcement of the use of the hotel as a direct supply center, the family has been threatened in recent weeks.

"I can not say too much, but we received threats through calls and we were harbaded, I had the impression that people were glaring at me," she said.

However, Aoife said the residents of Moville were so good since the incident and that the family was determined to stay in Donegal.

Moville and Donegal is a great place and the vast majority of the population is lovely. It's not because there is a rotten apple that the place is rotten.

"It's been four years since I moved here and I've been to Donegal since I was a kid.

"It's a great place and we will continue to live there," she said.

Aoife confirmed that the center would go ahead and said the arson and damage to the hotel were only a setback. "

"The center will go ahead and we will welcome these people from war-torn countries, we are leaving our home to welcome these people and I am sure that the ordinary and honest people of Moville will welcome them too," he said. she added. .