Maitiu Mag Tighearnan said he was there by chance and managed to ‘protect a young lad’

Maitiu Mág Tighearnán was armed only with a wooden stick when he led a trio of members of the public who tried to rescue the attacker's victim from certain death.

Maitiu Mág Tighearnán was armed only with a wooden stick when he led a trio of members of the public who tried to rescue the attacker's victim from certain death.

Maitiu Mag Tighearnan said he was there by chance and managed to ‘protect a young lad’

Maitiu Mag Tighearnan fought off a man with a hurling stick after he saw the attack

Maitiu Mág Tighearnán, 32, was seen hitting a man with a hurling stick in a viral video of the horrific assault which left Stephen Ogilvie in a critical condition in hospital.