The Roughty River flowing west towards Kilgarvan
Credit: Jonathan Billinger/Geograph
#Kayaking - RTÉ News reports on the death of a woman in her 30s in a kayaking incident on the River Roughty near Kilgarvan in Co Kerry yesterday (Sunday 4 November).
The Cork woman was one of a group that had been kayaking in an area popular for enthusiasts of the watersport. Rescuers recovered her body two hours after she got into difficulty around noon.
The Irish Times has much more on the story HERE.
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