Lithuanian man drowns after going for a swim in Galway lake

The man, who is originally from Lithuania, went swimming in Ballyquike Lake in Moycullen.

By Amy Croffey Sunday 9 Jun 2013, 12:24 PM

Jun 9th 2013, 12:24 PM 10,511 Views 11 Comments

https://jrnl.ie/943367

Ballyquirke Lake, near Moycullen in Co Galway where the man drowned.

Image: mimivk via Flickr

Ballyquirke Lake, near Moycullen in Co Galway where the man drowned.

Image: mimivk via Flickr

A 36-YEAR-OLD man has drowned in a Galway lake.

The man, who is originally from Lithuania, went swimming in Ballyquirke Lake in Moycullen, Co. Galway yesterday evening.

A garda source told TheJournal.ie the man was taken from the water at around 6.40pm and was pronounced dead after 9pm at University Hospital Galway.

A post-mortem will be carried out on the body later.

#Open journalism No news is bad news Support The Journal

Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to you

Support us now

Short URL

About the author:

About the author

Amy Croffey

@AmyCroffey

amycroffey@thejournal.ie

See more articles by Amy Croffey

Contribute to this story:

Send a Correction

COMMENTS (11)

∞

About Us

Corrections

Report Content

Policies

TheJournal.ie supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and the Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, PH: (01) 6489130, Lo-Call 1890 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie

Please note that TheJournal.ie uses cookies to improve your experience and to provide services and advertising. For more information on cookies please refer to our cookies policy.

News images provided by Press Association and Photocall Ireland unless otherwise stated. Irish sport images provided by Inpho Photography unless otherwise stated. Wire service provided by Associated Press.

Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for user created content, posts, comments, submissions or preferences. Users are reminded that they are fully responsible for their own created content and their own posts, comments and submissions and fully and effectively warrant and indemnify Journal Media in relation to such content and their ability to make such content, posts, comments and submissions available. Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for the content of external websites.

Lithuanian man drowns after going for a swim in Galway lake