Dun Laoghaire, September 20,1986: It was not only a D class inflatable lifeboat that was being handed over to Dun Laoghaire lifeboat station, but a boathouse as well. Sean Barrett, TD (left), Minister of State to the Taoiseach, on behalf of the Commissioners of Public Works, handed back into the care of the station the original lifeboathouse, used by the RNLI until 1938, which had been refurbished and equipped to house the inflatable lifeboat. Clayton Love Jnr, a vice-president of the RNLI and a member of the executive committee, handed the lifeboat into the care of Captain Wesley McDonogh, honorary secretary, who accepted her on behalf of the station.

In his speech Captain McDonogh thanked everyone who had supported the Dun Laoghaire lifeboat appeal which had raised £24,957.95 by the time of the ceremony. A service of dedication was conducted by Reverend Father Christopher Mangan, Reverend Thomas Kingston, Reverend Robin Armstrong and Reverend David Caskie before Mrs Vera Connolly, secretary of the ladies' guild, proposed a vote of thanks..