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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. |
| Redbay 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. | 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. | "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." | "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. | Noel McCurdy, chairman of the Rathlin Development and Community Association, said: "Everyone's devastated - it's just so hard to take this in. |
| "All boatmen certainly have a high regard for the sea, and so would Johnny. | "All boatmen certainly have a high regard for the sea, and so would Johnny. |
| "Johnny would go out to get people back on the island when conditions weren't good, and yet sadly he lost his life on one of the calmest days of the year." | "Johnny would go out to get people back on the island when conditions weren't good, and yet sadly he lost his life on one of the calmest days of the year." |