Lifeboat Celebrations Bank Hol Weekend
23 May, 2025
This year in Courtmacsherry, the June Bank holiday weekend is dedicated to Lifeboat activities to celebrate 200 years of Lifeboats in our Village. Please come along to join us in the events below.
Friday 30th May. Courtmacsherry Community Centre at 8pm. A special Historical Talk and presentation on 200 years of Lifeboats in the village with the author of the Courtmacsherry Lifeboat history “Home from the Sea”, Micheal Hurley and friends. Entry is free to this event.
Saturday 31st May. Open day from 2pm to 5pm on the All Weather Shannon Class Lifeboat at Pier pontoon for guided tours and the Station House will also be open to the public. Other sea and coast rescue services will also be attending. There will also be a display of Model Lifeboats on the Pier.
Saturday 31st May. Sea safety talk in the Pier House Bar from 7 to 9pm with live music afterwards.
Sunday 1st June. 1.30pm. The unveiling of a special 200th Anniversary Plaque by An Taoiseach Micheal Martin, on the Pier. Another Lifeboat open day from 2pm to 5pm with the Lifeboat on the pontoon for guided tours, the Defences Forces Band will perform on the Pier from 2pm and a Fly-by performed by the New Coast Guard fixed wing Rescue Aircraft will also take place. There will also be a display of Model Lifeboats on the Pier.
Sunday 1st June. One of the highlights of the weekend is at 6pm with an amazing Audio / Visual performance of Courtmacsherry Rhythms in the Sacred Heart Church by the Summer Songbook choir (Courtmacsherry) and Music Matters (Loughrea) plus friends. This performance is specially composed for Courtmacsherry Lifeboat by the renowned Maire Ni Dhuibhir whose father the late John was the Lifeboat Hon Secretary from 1962 to 1976. Tickets for this performance are available locally at €10 from Lislevane Post Office at 023 8840123 or from committee members Ann O Donovan and Angela Veldman.
