Father and son, 12, drown in quarry
The tragedy occurred shortly after 6.30pm at Aylroe near Kildysart in the south-west of the county. It is understood the man, originally from the locality but now living in Clonlara in East Clare, was herding cattle when the 12-year-old lost his footing on loose gravel and fell 20 feet into the water below.
The boy’s father, named locally last night as Michael Cunningham, jumped in to save his son but both were drowned.
