Carlow Sentinel. May 1887. Accidental Drowning - Dr O'Neill, Coroner for County Kildare, held an inquest at Athy on view of the remains of a young man named Conville, a native of Carlow Graigue, who was found drowned in the canal the previous day. Deceased was a driver in the employment of Mr John Kelly, agent to the Grand Canal Company, and was sent to Athy on the Wednesday with a pair of horses to haul a boat to Carlow the next day. The boatman found the horses in the stable, but the driver was missing, and it was thought he had probably gone to the Curragh to enlist in the army. On Sunday, however, the canal level was emptied for the purpose of a search and his remains were found. A verdict of accidental drowning was returned.