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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Cate McCurry

Taoiseach leads tributes after death of songwriter Johnny Duhan

A search for a woman still missing will resume off the coast of Galway on Wednesday (Niall Carson/PA) - (PA Archive)

A man who died while swimming off the coast of Co Galway has been named as renowned singer-songwriter Johnny Duhan.

Taoiseach Simon Harris has led tributes to Mr Duhan, 74, who had written songs recorded by artists such as Christy Moore, The Dubliners and Mary Black.

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