The Tuam Herald, Saturday, April 3, 1909 Tuam, Co Galway ---------- MAN CUT IN TWO ON RAILWAY The body of a Claddagh, Galway fisherman named Stephen Folan, who belonged to the Naval Reserve, was found terribly mangled on Sunday morning on the railway line between Craughwell and Athenry. He was returning from a course of naval training at Kinsale, and had £20 in his possession. It is surmised that he left the train at Craughwell, the next station to Athenry, and finding that it had departed on his return, he proceeded to walk along the permanent way to Athenry with a view to catching the Galway train. Apparently he was overtaken by a subsequent train and killed. The body was practically cut in two. An ugly feature of the occurrence is that on discovery of the remains the £20 was missing. Folan suspicious element in the tragedy is the fact that splashes of blood were found in the carriage when it arrived in Tuam, and one of the windows was broken. The body discovered only a short distance outside of Athenry. Jim McNamara British Isles Family History Society - USA, Newsletter Editor http://www.rootsweb.com/~bifhsusa