From today's news: Man drowns in Galway Bay accident. Saturday, 5 September 2009 22:49 A man has died and his brother has been rescued following a boating accident in Galway Bay this morning. The two men were onboard a hooker which capsized shortly after it left the village of Kinvara at 10am. The man who died has been named as 67-year-old Johnny Sheáin Jeaic MacDonncha, a fisherman from Carna in Connemara. His brother Josie (66), was rescued after the 'McHugh' capsized and is said to be in a stable condition in hospital. The hooker was about two miles out to sea, en route to Rossaveal, when it got into difficulty. A crewman from another Galway hooker which was accompanying the stricken vessel dived into the sea and recovered the two men, however efforts to revive the 67-year-old were unsuccessful. There is a fine singer named Josie Sheáin Jeaic MacDonncha. Can anyone throw some light on this
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