Family get inquest verdict for Cork journalist 50 years after his death

The family of the late David McCall had obtained permission for an inquest to be held even though a body has never been recovered

Young journalist David McCall, 21, who the coroner found died by drowning at Owenahincha in West Cork in March 1974.

More than 50 years after he was washed out to sea by a freak wave on the west Cork coast, the family of young journalist David McCall finally received official confirmation that their loved one had died at Pollack Rock near Rosscarbery in 1974.

The family of the late Mr McCall had obtained permission required from the Minster for Justice for an inquest to be held even though a body had never been recovered. The inquest was held at Clonakilty Court by West Cork Coroner Frank O’Connell.