[3] On 7 February 1847, H.M. Coastguard Chief Boatman James McKenzie saved one man from the rigging, when the vessel Sea Horse was driven ashore at Galway.

[4] The Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck (RNIPLS), later to become the RNLI in 1854, would award medals for deeds of gallantry at sea, even if no lifeboats were involved.

Temporary crew facilities were provided, but with no boathouse, the lifeboat was kept at the workplace of the station's secretary, able to be towed to a variety of launch sites.

[2] In 2011, the boathouse was refurbished, and the davit was replaced with a more powerful version, now allowing the crew to be lifted with the lifeboat.

Between arriving on station in 2011, and the naming ceremony, the lifeboat was launched 19 times, and had brought 10 people to safety.