Drowned fishermen had lost brothers at sea

Two fishermen who drowned today after being swept from their traditional currach boat into the Atlantic Ocean had each lost brothers in similar tragedies.

The pair, named locally as Fechin Mulkerrin and Tony Coohill, were checking on lobster pots off Aughrus Point, near Cleggan, Connemara, Co. Galway, when it is believed they fell overboard.