RNLI Castletownbere

[pmtts]

I received my Winter edition of the RNLI magazine ' The Lifeboat ' this morning.

A great 2 page spread on the crew of Castletownbere who went to the aid of a a lone skipper who had fractured his ribs some 90 miles SW off the Irish Coast in severe gales.

A 13 hour mission also involving LE Aisling.

Well done to all.

[Goldie fish]

The Bere lifeboat, along with Valentia are definitely on the coalface. When everyone else is heading for shelter from the weather and the sea, and the comfort of a warm fire in a dry hostelry, these men are usually heading out into the worst of it, to assist those in peril.

And all funded by charitable donations only.

[riflemangundy]

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Well done to all.

I will second that,, those men a fearless!!

[Test Pilot]

Ex naval PO/ERA Brendan Gonnelly, still mechanic on the Castletownbere life boat, I believe. Has been out on many a shout over the years.

[pmtts]

Ex naval PO/ERA Brendan Gonnelly, still mechanic on the Castletownbere life boat, I believe. Has been out on many a shout over the years.

The crew on the shout were:

Brian O'Driscoll, Coxswain
Martin Cronin, 2nd Mechanic
John O'Leary
Sean O'Sullivan
Cian Murphy
Michael Murphy

[Test Pilot]

The crew on the shout were:

Brian O'Driscoll, Coxswain
Martin Cronin, 2nd Mechanic
John O'Leary
Sean O'Sullivan
Cian Murphy
Michael Murphy

Sorry, Brendan must have missed the shout!

[Dogwatch]

The crew on the shout were:

Brian O'Driscoll, Coxswain
Martin Cronin, 2nd Mechanic
John O'Leary
Sean O'Sullivan
Cian Murphy
Michael Murphy

Sean O'Sullivan is a serving & seagoing NS member.