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Two Kayakers drown on the Clodagh.

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  • #2
    sineadgalway
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 232 ✭✭sineadgalway


    was just about to post this two, very sad.


  • #3
    Chiorino
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 623 ✭✭✭Chiorino


    RIP


  • #4
    HxGH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 767 ✭✭✭HxGH


    Scary because that's where I'm going this weekend...

    And that's what I'm doing there!

    R.I.P. :(


  • #5
    cyrusdvirus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,752 ✭✭✭cyrusdvirus


    RIP lads


  • #6
    Tobias Greeshman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,082 ✭✭✭Tobias Greeshman


    Always sad to hear. RIP


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  • #7
    thetonynator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,234 ✭✭✭thetonynator


    R.I.P., terrible to something like this happening.


  • #8
    se conman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 981 ✭✭✭se conman


    R.I.P. Reminds you how fragile life is.


  • #9
    del88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,136 ✭✭✭del88


    Very sad.....RIP


  • #10
    tom_ass19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭tom_ass19


    R.I.P lads


  • #11
    8vjohn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 157 ✭✭8vjohn


    Terribly sad. Rip and condolences to your friends and family.


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  • #12
    Teferi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,320 ✭✭✭Teferi


    Very sad altogether. Wish their families and friends all the best.

    Anybody know what happened?


  • #13
    KittyeeTrix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,239 ✭✭✭KittyeeTrix


    RIP.
    Very sad for their families.
    Always worries me when my hubby is out kayaking


  • #14
    thetonynator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,234 ✭✭✭thetonynator


    Teferi wrote: »
    Very sad altogether. Wish their families and friends all the best.

    Anybody know what happened?

    as far as i know the weir was a death trap, but you couldn't see it from above, and there was no way around it. There was a massive stopper and a fish chute after it, that weir should never have been put there.


  • #15
    ec18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,792 ✭✭✭ec18


    stopper whole way across the river as well no eddies either side


  • #16
    Tobias Greeshman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,082 ✭✭✭Tobias Greeshman


    Teferi wrote: »
    Anybody know what happened?
    The forum on irishwhitewater has a piece from the independent where the third kayaker was interviewed.

    thread


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