placenamesHowth
Binn Éadair
The RNLI’s station records name local rescuers and distinguish its takeover from the service’s earlier beginnings.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Binn Éadair · Irish · main form · validated name
- Howth · English · main form
- Ben of Howth · English · main form · local name
Place & story
An older station changes hands
The RNLI records a lifeboat at Howth before 1825. It took over the station from the Dublin Ballast Board in 1862, when a lifeboat house costing £205 was constructed. The transfer therefore marks a change of responsibility for an existing service, rather than its first appearance. [2]
John White and the Eva
On 25 March 1877, Howth’s lifeboat reached the barque Eva, aground on Baldoyle Strand during a south-easterly gale. Three men were rescued from its rigging despite repeated flooding of the lifeboat. Coxswain John White received an RNLI silver medal, particularly recognising this service. [2]
Rescuers rescued in turn
In May 1897, Thomas Rickard and George Caulfield of Howth’s Storm King rescued two men from the sinking trawler Dodger. Their small boat then capsized. Another Howth vessel, Maymaid, sent James McLaughlan, C. Kelly and Edward Rourke to recover all four men. The RNLI awarded silver medals to the five rescuers, recording a combined effort by fishing crews. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Howth. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Howth lifeboat station history · Royal National Lifeboat Institution
- Howth lifeboat station, County Dublin, as photographed in July 2006 illustration: based on a Howth lifeboat station by Albert Bridge. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-06-28. How this page was prepared.