[2] One of the people instrumental in the campaign was Irish musician, songwriter and record producer Phil Coulter, who had lost both a sister and brother in separate incidents on the lough, the latter, Brian, drowning in a windsurfing accident in 1984.

[3][4] On the night of 24 August 1992, a man reported missing from a speedboat was rescued from the rocks at the foot of the cliffs at Dunree Head.

One of the lifeboat crew swam to the shore with a line, while the other descended the 35-foot cliffs and crossed a water-filled gully to reach the man.

[5] In 1995, work began to construct a new boathouse, capable of housing not only the D-class lifeboat, but also a B-class (Atlantic 21) and Talus MB-764 County launch tractor, which had been assigned to the station.

For the next 5 years, Lough Swilly would be one of just a handful of stations operating 3 classes of lifeboat, the D-class finally being withdrawn in 2005.

[1][2] At midnight on 12 November 2006, the Lough Swilly lifeboat William Luckin was launched to the aid of the fishing vessel Mary Ellen, in difficulties off Dunaff Head.