His young son drowned in a previous accident less than two years ago
Fran Harding, who was in his early 40s, died after getting into difficulty in the sea at Lahinch beach on January 12.
It's the second tragedy to hit the family in less than two years after Mr Harding's 15-year-old son Shay Moloney died in a lake at a disused quarry in May 2018. Mr Harding, an Ennis man, had been with his wife Sarah Jane who was on the shore and witnessed the tragedy.Mr Harding was winched from the sea by the crew of an Irish Coast Guard helicopter and brought onto the beach where efforts to resuscitate him quickly got underway.
He was airlifted from the scene to University Hospital Limerick in a critical condition and was pronounced dead a short time later. A death notice on RIP.ie reads: "Deeply regretted by his heartbroken wife Sarah-Jane, parents Willie and Bridget, parents-in-law Michael and Teresa, brothers Alan, Declan, Brendan and Colm, sister Eileen, sisters-in-law Jan, Cathy, Connie, Fiona and Siobhain, brothers-in-law Michael, John, Darren, Tim and Keith, nieces, nephews, relatives, friends and neighbours."Our Irish Mirror Sports page - which brings you all your Irish and UK sports news - can be found here.
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