At 10.30 a.m. on 25th May, 1965, the Irish Lights Office informed the honorary secretary that the mother of one of the crew of Barrels lightvessel was dangerously ill, and asked if the life-boat could be launched to bring the man ashore. There was a light south-westerly breeze and a smooth sea. The tide was flooding. At 11.05 the life-boat Ann Isabella Pyemont was launched. The man was taken on board the life-boat and landed at Kilmore. The life-boat returned to her station at 1.35 p.m..