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The composer Johnny Duhan is the one who drowned in Galway today.

An cumadóir Johnny Duhan é an té a báthadh i nGaillimh inniu.

Johnny Duhan, the well-known songwriter, is the man who drowned this morning after swimming at Head Beach in Bearna, County Galway.

Is é Johnny Duhan, an cumadóir amhrán aitheanta, an fear a báthadh ar maidin tar éis sul ag snámh ag Trá na gCeannn i mBearna, Contae na Gaillimhe.

The most popular song he composed was 'The Voyage', a well-known song which was covered by Christy Moore and had an album around it.

‘The Voyage’ é an t-amhrán ba mhó tóir dár chum sé, amhrán aitheanta a chas Christy Moore agus a chuir album timpeall air.

Johnny Duhan is originally from Limerick but settled in Bearna a few years ago.

As Luimneach ó dhúchas do Johnny Duhan ach chuir sé faoi i mBearna roinnt blianta ó shin.

He is survived by his wife Maureen, their five children, grandchildren and other relatives.

Maireann a bhean chéile Maureen, a gcúigear páistí, garchlann agus gaolta eile.

An extensive search began off the coast of Galway when he did not return home after his usual morning swim.

Thosaigh cuardach cuimsitheach amach ó chósta na Gaillimhe nuair nár fhill sé abhaile tar éis dó dul ag snámh ar maidin, mar ba ghnách dó.

It was not long after that that it came to light that another person, a woman in her thirties, was also missing from Head Beach.

Níorbh fhada ina dhiaidh sin gur tháinig sé chun solais go raibh duine eile, bean sna tríochadaí, ar iarraidh freisin ar Thrá na gCeann.

The emergency services were called when she did not arrive at work as expected.

Cuireadh fios ar na seirbhísí éigeandála nuair nár tháinig sí ag an obair mar a raibh súil leí.

The search was carried out by the Coast Guard, the RNLI and Civil Defense teams.

Chuaigh an Garda Cósta, an RNLI agus buíonta den Chosaint Sibhialta i mbun an chuardaigh.

Local people and some small boats came to help in the search, by land and by sea.

Tháinig daoine áitiúla agus roinnt bád beag i gcabhair ar an gcuardach, ar thír agus ar muir.

A body was found in the water this afternoon near Cuan Roisín between Bearna and Bóthar na Trá, some time west of the city.

Thángthas ar chorp san uisce tráthnóna gar do Chuan Roisín idir Bhearna agus Bhóthar na Trá, tamall siar ón gcathair.

It is an unusual incident for two people who did not know each other to be missing from the same place, and Gardaí are trying to understand how the events of the morning unfolded..

Eachtra neamhghnáthach é beirt nach raibh aithne ar a chéile bheith ar iarraidh ón láthair chéanna, agus tá Gardaí ag iarraidh a thuiscint cé mar a thit imeachtaí na maidne amach..

It was calm weather and a calm sea in the morning, but the fog of the day hindered the search.

Aimsir chiúin agus farraige chalm a bhí ann ar maidin, ach chuir ceo an lae as don chuardach.

The search for the woman had to be suspended at nightfall, but will begin again at sunrise.

B’éigean an cuardach don bhean a chur ar fionraí le titim na hoíche, ach tosófar ina bhun arís le héirí na gréine.

Local people are gathering early in the morning to search the shore between Bearna and An Spidéal

Tá daoine áitiúla ag bailiú le chéile go moch ar maidin le dul ag cuardach an chladaigh idir Bhearna agus An Spidéal