Valentia, Co. Kerry - At 5.15 p.m.

on 15th May, 1967, Valentia radio informed the honorary secretary that the fishing vessel Beal Inse of Dublin was in urgent need of assistance two miles southwest of Valentia. The life-boat Mary Stanford, on temporary duty at the station, slipped her moorings at 5.30 in a light northerly wind and a smooth sea.

The tide was on the ebb. The casualty with a crew of five was within fifty yards of the rocks when the life-boat reached her at 6.30. The life-boat took her in tow to Valentia and returned to her moorings at 8.30..