Friends performed CPR for 40 minutes after Cork student fell 50ft down blowhole

Conor King, 22, fell through a blowhole at Garretstown in West Cork in April 2021
Friends performed CPR for 40 minutes after Cork student fell 50ft down blowhole

Conor King, who died in a tragic fall in Garretstown, Cork, in April 2021

“You loved Conor, that is so obvious, and he loved you. You have to remember the beautiful days we had, and cherish the lives we have… Guys, I cannot explain the love I have for ye and how well I wish ye in your futures.” 

Those were the moving words of the mother of the late Conor King, the 22-year-old Douglas student who died last April after falling through a blowhole at Garretstown in West Cork.

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