Qualla: Derrynane Inshore Rescue https://qualla.com/derrynane-inshore-rescue en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:11 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Derrynane Inshore Rescue https://qualla.com/derrynane-inshore-rescue Derrynane Inshore Rescue: Introduction https://qualla.com/derrynane-inshore-rescue/ On the first of April 1991, John McNamara and his twelve-year-old son Simon set out from Ballinskelligs in a yacht, despite warnings about the sea state. They were aiming for Derrynane. They never arrived. The lifeboat call came late, and when it came, it was too late. Out of that loss, a small group of Kerry volunteers built something the coastline had been missing for nearly a century and a half - a fast inshore rescue boat, ready to launch from Derrynane Beach.

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/0/y/derrynane-inshore-rescue-wp/gc0y-derrynane-inshore-rescue-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Derrynane Inshore Rescue: An Earlier Try, A Long Gap https://qualla.com/derrynane-inshore-rescue/ Derrynane already knew lifeboats. In 1844, the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck established a station on Derrynane Beach and dispatched an unnamed 26-foot, five-oared lifeboat. The RNIPLS reorganised itself into the Royal National Lifeboat In...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/0/y/derrynane-inshore-rescue-wp/gc0y-derrynane-inshore-rescue-an-earlier-try-a-long-gap.mp3 0:06 2 full Derrynane Inshore Rescue: From Grief to Action https://qualla.com/derrynane-inshore-rescue/ After the McNamara tragedy, Austin Wilson, who ran the local water sports centre, talked with Michael Donnelly and a handful of other volunteers. The conclusion was unambiguous: the Kenmare River needed its own boat, and it needed it close to the beach. They scraped together a sm...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/0/y/derrynane-inshore-rescue-wp/gc0y-derrynane-inshore-rescue-from-grief-to-action.mp3 0:06 3 full Derrynane Inshore Rescue: Aghamore II https://qualla.com/derrynane-inshore-rescue/ On 8 December 2003, a new self-righting Delta 740X RIB, purchased from Delta Power Group in Stockport and ferried home with help from Irish Ferries, arrived at Derrynane to a warm welcome. On Easter Sunday, 11 April 2004, hundreds of spectators gathered at Derrynane Harbour for t...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/0/y/derrynane-inshore-rescue-wp/gc0y-derrynane-inshore-rescue-aghamore-ii.mp3 0:06 4 full Derrynane Inshore Rescue: A Declared Resource https://qualla.com/derrynane-inshore-rescue/ Today Derrynane Inshore Rescue is a Declared Resource with the Irish Coast Guard - meaning when there is a maritime incident on this stretch of the south-west coast, the Coast Guard can task the Derrynane boat directly. The service is a member of Community Rescue Boats Ireland an...

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