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| Rathlin Island man's body recovered off Antrim coast | Rathlin Island man's body recovered off Antrim coast |
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| Tributes have been paid to Johnny Curry, the Rathlin Island man who was found dead in the waters off the coast of the island on Saturday. | Tributes have been paid to Johnny Curry, the Rathlin Island man who was found dead in the waters off the coast of the island on Saturday. |
| Mr Curry, who was in his sixties, was travelling from Rathlin to Ballycastle when he fell overboard. | Mr Curry, who was in his sixties, was travelling from Rathlin to Ballycastle when he fell overboard. |
| An air and sea rescue was launched after the crew of a ferry travelling between Ballycastle and Rathlin Island spotted the empty rib-type boat. | An air and sea rescue was launched after the crew of a ferry travelling between Ballycastle and Rathlin Island spotted the empty rib-type boat. |
| Red Bay lifeboat discovered Mr Curry's body a mile off the island's Rue Point. | Red Bay lifeboat discovered Mr Curry's body a mile off the island's Rue Point. |
| It thought something snagged in the propeller of his boat. | It thought something snagged in the propeller of his boat. |
| Seamus Blaney, who is a councillor in Ballycastle, said Mr Curry was a popular figure. | |
| "Johnny was well known, not only in Ballycastle. I would say anybody in the boating fraternity would know him very well," Mr Blaney said. | |
| "He ran fishing trips and that sort of thing. Anything to do with the sea, Johnny was about it." | |
| Noel McCurdy, chairman of the Rathlin Development and Community Association, said: "Everyone's devastated - it's just so hard to take this in. | |
| "Johnny was a well-known figure not just on the island but along the north coast and further afield in Scotland. | |
| "He loved the sea, he loved the boats, and sadly that's how he died." |