Galway Bay. At n p.m. on i8th July, 1965, a child was taken by currach from Inishere to Kilronan with serious arm injuries. After examining the child the doctor requested the use of the lifeboat to take the child to hospital. As the tide was ebbing and no other boat was available, the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson proceeded at 11.30 in a light easterly breeze and a calm sea. The child was landed at Rossaveel and taken to hospital and the life-boat returned to her station at 3.30 a.m..