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Kinsale Lifeboat Station

Kinsale Lifeboat Station

Kinsale is both a commercial and a pleasure port, 11 nautical miles south west of Cork Harbour and 8km north-north-east of the famous Old Head of Kinsale. The station was opened in September 2003 and is home to Miss Sally Anne (Baggy) II, an inshore B class Atlantic 75 lifeboat.
RNLI pager on a chart with a pair of dividers

Latest lifeboat launch

Recent lifeboat launches from Kinsale Lifeboat Station

12.39pm 14 August 2025
4.37pm 11 August 2025
4.16pm 10 August 2025
12.57pm 31 July 2025
12.16pm 31 July 2025
8.42am 2 July 2025
11.53am 28 June 2025
7.46pm 18 June 2025
1.17pm 16 June 2025
7.23am 29 May 2025
11.22am 18 May 2025
3.44am 12 May 2025
6.17pm 30 March 2025
5.08pm 14 February 2025
12.28pm 2 January 2025
9.27am 15 October 2024
9.27am 15 October 2024
9.27am 15 October 2024
11.53am 6 October 2024
6.58pm 19 September 2024

Today's weather

19°C Rain
Min: 13°C Max: 19°C
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Visitor information and facilities

Station address

Kinsale Lifeboat Station
Adams Quay
World's End
Kinsale
Co Cork

Station phone number

087 991 9918

Visiting times

By appointment only

Visitor contact

Kevin Gould

Visitor contact phone number

00353 868391124

News and media from Kinsale Lifeboat Station

Article Rescue
Kinsale RNLI comes to the aid of two stranded walkers
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Article Lifeboats
Kinsale RNLI comes to the aid of two stranded walkers
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Article Rescue
Kinsale RNLI comes to the aid of nine people in back to back call outs
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Kinsale RNLI's inshore lifeboat
Article Lifeboats
Kinsale RNLI comes to the aid of stranded walker who gets cut off by tide
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