Coastguard find body off Mayo coast

Cleggan Coastguard – who have been searching for a missing swimmer off the coast of Galway for nearly three weeks – found a body by the coast earlier today.

Wed, 27 Sep, 2006 - 16:57

Cleggan Coastguard – who have been searching for a missing swimmer off the coast of Galway for nearly three weeks – found a body by the coast earlier today.

The body was washed up on the Louisburg Coast in Mayo this morning.

A 39-year-old English man went missing near Clifden in Connemeara after going for an afternoon swim earlier this month.

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