This beautiful part of West Cork can rarely have looked as desolate as it did yesterday — a grey and cold sky draped over the scene of an almost unimaginable tragedy.

The father and daughter recovered from the sea near Ballydehob in the early hours of this morning have been named locally.

The west Cork village of Ballydehob is in shock today after the discovery of the bodies of a man and his young daughter, who was to turn four in May, according to the Evening Echo in Cork.

Gardaí have not ruled out foul play in the deaths of a father and his three-year-old daughter in west Cork. However, it is understood they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the tragedy.

The body of a man and his three-year-old daughter have been recovered from the sea in west Cork.