Lifeboat Station : Castletownbere
Main Contact Details
Castletownbere Lifeboat Station, Dinish Island, Co. Cork Republic or Ireland
Telephone
(00 353 27) 70999
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Station Information
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Visitor Contact
Tony O'Sullivan
Telephone
027 70999
086 2246369
Station Opening Times
By appointment only
Shop
No shop. Buy online at http://www.rnli.org.uk/shop
Accessibility
Parking
About this station
One of the newest lifeboat stations in the Republic of Ireland, Castletownbere operates a Severn class lifeboat, providing search and rescue cover in south west Ireland. The crew were honoured to welcome The Queen on board in 2004.
Recent launches in ireland (BST)
07/09/2008
Wexford - 17:4807/09/2008
Donaghadee - 17:1707/09/2008
Crosshaven - 15:32
Last Launch
04/07/2008
RNLI Compass Summer 2008
01/07/2008
By: RNLI Publications
Read more stories from Ireland in Compass, available here.
Family rescued from grounded yacht
30/06/2008
By: Charles W. Glynn
Kilrush lifeboat crew rescued a family from their grounded yacht on Saturday afternoon.
Bangor called out to dinghy race
23/06/2008
By: Kevin Baird
Bangor's B class lifeboat was launched on Sunday afternoon to help rescue children involved in a dinghy race that had been disrupted by severe weather.
New Fethard lifeboat named
09/06/2008
By: Niamh Stephenson
Fethard's new D class lifeboat was named Trade Winds on Saturday.
Flood Rescue team exercise
09/05/2008
By: Niamh Stephenson
A specially trained team of 20 RNLI lifeboat crew members will take part in an emergency exercise this weekend in counties Fermanagh and Donegal.