A third person in the vehicle, Tom McGrail (19) managed to escape from the submerged vehicle and raise the alarm. They were returning after a night socialising with friends when they entered the swollen waterway at about 2.30am. Locals gather at Carrowniskey, Louisburgh, Co Mayo where two men were killed after their vehicle entered the water. Louisburgh man Peter Sweeney, a relative of Declan Davitt, said in normal water flow conditions vehicles could easily traverse the Carrowniskey River and enter and exit the village of Roonith. Friends from schoolThe two victims were friends since school days and worked for a time, though not together, in New Zealand for agricultural contractors.

Source: The Irish Times December 26, 2017 13:52 UTC