Three in Wexford died by drowning

Updated: 15:50, Tuesday, 19 April 2005

Results from the post mortem examination on the bodies of a mother and two of her daughters who were found in the River Slaney show they were drowned.

1 of 2 Barntown, Co Wexford Burial Mass tomorrow
Barntown, Co Wexford
Burial Mass tomorrow

Results from the post mortem examination on the bodies of a mother and two of her daughters who were found in the River Slaney show they were drowned. 

The bodies of Sharon Grace, 29, and her daughters four-year-old Mikayla and three-year-old Abby will be brought to Barntown Church in Co Wexford tonight for burial Mass tomorrow morning.

The three bodies were discovered by fishermen at an area known as Kaat's Strand, not far from Wexford Bridge, on Sunday morning after they were reported missing by a family member. 

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