The chief inspector visited the area in that summer and recommended three more be built along the coast including one at Dungarvan.

Robert Barron and Augustine Dower were awarded RNLI Silver Medals for this rescue.

William Dunville acted as coxswain for the lifeboat that day and was awarded the 'Thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum'.

[8] The 1899 boathouse at Helvick Head was described as being "at road-level … a kind of hanger built out over the water on stilts".

[9] The inshore lifeboat at Helvick Head has a range of 3 hours and top speed of 35 kn (65 km/h).