In East Cork plans to restore one of the most famous Irish lifeboats have run into financial trouble. The 'Mary Standford' is the boat that carried out the Daunt Rock lightship rescue in 1936.
Report shows the ‘Mary Stanford’ lifeboat being towed into Ballycotton Harbour in east Cork last August.
To camera Tom MacSweeney on the plan to restore the lifeboat as a memorial to the lifeboat men of Ballycotton.
The boat being towed into harbour.
Extracts from George Morrison's 1972 documentary, ‘Two Thousand Miles of Peril’ about the lifeboat rescue.
Illustrations of the lifeboat rescue with voiceover by Patrick Sliney, the lifeboat's coxswain at the time.
'Mary Stanford' in Ballycotton Harbour and the 50th anniversary memorial plaque.
Interview with Brendan Sliney, Patrick Sliney's grandson, on efforts to get sponsorship to have the lifeboat restored.
The reporter is Tom MacSweeney.
