27/08/2026
Following the success and popularity of last year’s O’Connell 250 Liberator Flotilla, we’re bringing it back!
What started as one of the smaller events in the Daniel O'Connell 250 three-day programme, proved to be a real favourite with over 40 boats taking to the water at Cahersiveen Marina to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Daniel O’Connell. So, a few volunteers have got together to organise doing it all over again, and hopefully begin a new annual tradition each August for Cahersiveen and create something that can live on.
Join us at Cahersiveen Marina from 4:30pm this Sunday 30th August for a flotilla parade led by ‘The Liberator’ boat, as we mark 251 years since the birth of one of Cahersiveen’s most famous sons.
If you have a boat and would like to take part in the flotilla, you’re very welcome to join in. Please speak with Kieran and the team at the marina. Otherwise, come down early evening, find a good viewing spot and enjoy the spectacle from shore. It’ll be a great one to watch and something we hope to build on year after year.
Please share and help us spread the word. We’d love to see a good crowd down at the marina on Sunday - fingers crossed the weather is on our side again this year.
