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A MAN’S BODY washed up amongst swimmers at Kilkee Beach yesterday evening at around 6pm.
Lifeguards tried to resuscitate the man, believed to be in his 50s, in front of dozens of beach-goers out enjoying the weekend sunshine.
Gardaí told TheJournal.ie that the man was airlifted to University Hospital Limerick, but was pronounced dead a short time later.
It is believed the man was at the beach alone after a pile of his belongings were found on the shoreline. Gardaí in Kilrush were trying to identify him for a time last night.
Gardaí in Clare have told TheJournal.ie that the man has since been identified but they are not releasing his name at this time.
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RIP and may God comfort his family and friends.
May Allah’s wisdom guide them
Nice to see other religions paying their respects as well!
This isn’t really the time to be disliking something just because you don’t believe it. Whether you believe in Christ, Allah or anything else, I’m sure your parents would have wanted you to have respect for other peoples beliefs.
How can 12 idiots give this a red thumb down. Are you glad he is dead? Clowns!
I am still waiting for an explaination from those that red thumb an R.I.P.under an assumed name, it just beats the hell out of me,and yet we see it every day,the only conclusion i can come to,it could be just a simple case of color blindness
My point is proved.
Tragedy, thoughts are with his family RIP
R.I.P. condolences to all his family.
The journal has turned into the equivalent of Midland FM in relation to deaths and obituaries. Maybe you could disable comments for such stories.
God Bless, Thanks be to Mary And Joseph and the Holy Baby Jesus. Peace out.
Okay…point taken. Didnt realise to be honest..but i know now!
:-)
I put a sad face up…because some one drowning is sad news…and i get all those dislikes…whats wrong with people.
Maybe people feel that using an emoticon trivializes the man’s death.
If someone told you this face to face would you just pull a sad face? Probably not.
RIP
It’s actually UHL not the MidWestern Hospital.
University Hospital Limerick
Thanks Limerick Tony!
a lot of red thumbs
are they for the RIP?
64 red thumbs for an RIP
a lot of sad bstards out there.
I doubt the red thumbs are for the RIP. More likely they’re because you seemed more concerned about the correction, which you could have sent in separately via the “Contribute to this story” section below the article.
:’(
So sad. I had literally just left the beach with three kids when this happened.
Fair play to Kilkee Search & Rescue – we saw the chopper flying over head minutes later. After such a fun day, it gave me shivers. And sent up a prayer for the person involved.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam.
Peace & strength to all those who loved him and will mourn his loss.
I thought kilkee was a peaceful place
Apparently he was a teacher from my old school in Limerick. Obviously I won’t name him. Unless another person died on the water in Kilkee. Rip
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