Locals in Athy pay respects to funeral cortege tragic kayaker this morning
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Residents of Athy are pay their respects this morning to a man whose body was recovered from the River Barrow in Athy after being missing for nearly a week.
Declan Reid, 34, was kayaking with his eight-year-old son Aaron on Sunday, February 28, when their kayak capsized near Ardreigh Lock on the Barrow. The boy was rescued from the water by a passerby who spotted them in trouble.
Declan, late of Moorefield Drive, Neilstown, Clondalkin, is predeceased by his mother Patricia.
He will be sadly missed by his son Aaron, his partner Fiona, his father Paul, sister Roisin and extended family, neighbours and friends.