Help Find Conor Harrington

25/02/2026

We invite our volunteers, families and friends, supporters, SAR Colleagues and members of the public to Oranmore Maree Coastal Search Unit's 10 year anniversary.

Service of Celebration & Remembrance.
Date: March 7th
Time: 2pm
Where: Church of the Immaculate Conception, Oranmore, H91XC61

Rescue 115 RNLI, Galway Lifeboat Station RNLI Clifden Lifeboats Aran Islands RNLI Irish Coast Guard - Costelloe Bay Cleggan Coast Guard Fire and Rescue Galway An Garda Síochána Galway Galway Civil Defence Oranmore Civil Defence Claddagh Watch Patrol Water Safety Ireland Swiftwater Training River Moy Search And Rescue Grainne Uaile Sub Aqua Club and Search & Recovery Unit Rockcorry Divers & North Coast Search & Recovery Galway Bay Sailing Club Galway Sub Aqua Club Athlone Sub Aqua Club Tipperary Search & Rescue/nosu North Clare Search and Rescue Corrib Mask Search and Rescue Galway Mountain Rescue Team Galway Dog Search and Rescue Galway Ho**er Sailing Club

27/11/2025

Conor's "dash" was full, of giving, living and laughing...

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRP0zcoD5Cz/?igsh=MWptZGcwNzRsaXNzcw==

21/11/2025

An amazing organisation.

If you are in the area, please support!
A huge thanks to Shirley Sammon for arranging this fundraiser for OMCSU.
We are most grateful.
Priors - High St.

21/11/2025

A Message of Thanks from the Harrington Family.

Now that our beloved Conor has been laid to rest, we want to take a moment, from the bottom of our hearts, to thank the many people and organisations who helped us search for him, supported us, and stood beside our family through the darkest and most heartbreaking weeks of our lives.

There are truly no words that can capture our gratitude for the extraordinary compassion, endurance and humanity that surrounded us.

Our deepest thanks go to:

The Irish Coast Guard

The Irish Civil Defence

The Marine Institute

An Garda Síochána

The Oranmore Maree Coastal Search and Rescue Unit

Rockcorry Divers & North Coast Search & Recovery

The Galway Sub Aqua Club

The Nox Hotel

Colm Quinn BMW Galway

Enterprise Car Rental Galway

The Boyne Fishermen’s Rescue and Recovery Service

The Limerick Sub Aqua Club

Carrickmacross Scouts

Carrick Aces Athletics Club

The University of Galway, including the Chaplaincy Team led by Father Ben

Father Shane, St. Joseph’s Church Cmx

RNLI Galway

RNLI Aran Islands and

RNLI Clare

Within each of these organisations there were individuals who went far above and beyond their day-to-day role, and we will both thank these people individually, but also can never forget them.

To the many many individual volunteers who walked difficult shorelines, searched in all weather, travelled long distances, shared updates, and kept hope alive when strength was hard to find, you bring us to tears every time we recall your humanity, your community and your support.

Each of you played a part in bringing Conor home. Your courage and kindness will stay with us forever, and we would not have made it to some kind of peace without you.

We also know there are more people and groups we may have inadvertently missed, who gave their time, their skills and their hearts. If we have missed anyone, please accept our sincere apologies, every act of help, every message, every meal, bun and mass card left at the door, every quiet kindness, has meant the world to us.

As we continue on this journey of grief and remembrance, we want people to know that Conor will be included in the Annual Remembrance Mass in St Joseph’s, Carrickmacross, this Sunday (23rd Nov) at 16:00.

In addition, Conor’s Month’s Mind Mass will take place at 11:00 on Saturday, 13th December 2025, also in St Joseph’s Church.

From our family to yours, thank you for your compassion, your prayers and your strength. You have shown us that even in the deepest sorrow, community, goodness and love endure.

With love and gratitude,

John, Deirdre, Cian and the extended Harrington and Boyle family - and Conor, from afar.

29/10/2025

Our hearts are heavy as we share the arrangements to honour and lay to rest our beloved Conor Harrington.

Conor’s Funeral Mass will take place at 2:00 pm on Saturday, 1st November, in St Joseph’s Church, Carrickmacross, with burial afterwards in St Joseph’s Cemetery.

Conor will rest privately on Friday evening for family and close friends to say their goodbyes.

We will never forget the kindness, compassion, and solidarity shown by so many during these heartbreaking weeks. Every message, prayer, and act of support has been a light in the darkness, and we are deeply thankful. 🙏🏼

With love,
Deirdre, John, Cian, and all of Conor’s family 💙

27/10/2025

Update on the Search for Conor Harrington:

It is with deepest sadness that we share that a body has been recovered farther west along the coast than anyone had expected. Formal identification has not yet been confirmed, but is in process.

As a result, all search activities have been temporarily stood down pending official confirmation. We will let everyone know the outcome in due course, once confirmation has been received.

We can only apologise for the pre-emptive information some of the media have ran with, that has no approval from us, on either content or timing.

In the meantime, we wish to express our heartfelt and profound gratitude to everyone who has helped in the search for Conor over these past days and nights.

Our sincere thanks go to:

An Garda Síochána

The RNLI

The Irish Coast Guard

Civil Defence

Boyne, RockCorry and Limerick Dive Clubs

The Scouting unit in Carrickmacross

The Oranmore Maree Coastal Search and Rescue Team, whose tireless efforts, professionalism, and compassion have meant so much to us.

And to the Nox Hotel, for their kindness and generous support throughout these difficult days.

To the countless volunteers - friends, neighbours, and strangers - who walked the shores, brought and operated drones, dived in the waters, shared posts, made meals and stood beside us through the long days and nights: please know that your compassion and dedication have touched us deeply.

This message serves as a preliminary note to acknowledge the recovery and to thank everyone involved. Once identification is confirmed, we will share a more detailed message to thank, by name where possible, the many individuals and groups who have given so much of themselves to help us find Conor.

From the depths of our hearts, Deirdre, Cian, and I, together with Conor’s extended family, want to say that your kindness, strength, and solidarity have carried us through the darkest of hours.

For now, we please ask for privacy as we await confirmation and begin to process this devastating news.

With love and deep gratitude,
The Harrington Family 💙

26/10/2025

🚨 Please note that there will NOT be a search taking place tomorrow, Monday 27th October 🚨

Once again, we are so grateful to every single person who helped us search for Conor today. Thank you. 💙

25/10/2025

We are so grateful - and overwhelmed with appreciation- for the incredible number of volunteers who took part in the search for Conor today. 💙

Unfortunately, the search will continue tomorrow, Sunday 26th, at 12pm.
Meeting point = Galway Bay Sailing Club, Renville Oranmore.
H91W678

Please ensure you have the correct clothing and a hi-viz jacket.
🚫All volunteers must be over 18🚫

Thank you for your continued support and kindness 💙

24/10/2025

🚍We have a shuttle bus traveling in regular intervals from the city centre to Oranmore for the search tomorrow after 12:30. 🚌

For anyone traveling down for the search and is interested in staying, we have special rates for the hotels in the WhatsApp group.🏨

💙 Special thanks to all organisations involved in the search tomorrow:
*OMCSU~ for all their help organising the volunteers and providing 2 jet skis and a RIB boat
*RNLI~ for providing 2 RIB
*An Garda Síochána~ for covering the west shore of Salt Hill of the search
*The Civil Defence~ for providing a drone and an RIB

Thank you for all the help and attention so far, we are overwhelmed with the love and support. It's really provided great morale for the family, let's keep it going 💙

24/10/2025

The search for Conor continues tomorrow, Saturday 25th October, at 12.30pm from Galway Bay Sailing Club, Renville, H91W678. Please bring suitable outdoor clothing and waterproof hiking shoes or wellies.

🚨 Please note that all volunteers must be 18 or over🚨

We are so touched by the unwavering support from the local community, from home, and beyond. Your help means so much to us. Let's bring Conor home 💙

24/10/2025

There is a bus organised for tomorrow (Saturday, 25 October) to bring volunteers from Carrickmacross to the Galway Bay Sailing Club to help in the search for Conor. If anyone wants a seat on the bus, please contact:

Lisa Gollogly
087 6996735.

Thanks so much everyone for your continued support. 💙

24/10/2025

University of Galway Thank you 🙏🏼

Like so many of you, we are deeply worried about Conor Harrington, a member of our university community, and our hearts go out to his family and friends as the search for him continues.

We will continue to stay in close contact with Conor’s family and to offer whatever help we can. We are grateful to the emergency services, local search and rescue teams, An Garda Síochana and everyone in the Galway area who are giving their time and support in the search for Conor.

If you can, please consider joining the search or sharing verified updates. You can find updates on the dedicated Facebook/ Instagram page: Help Find Conor Harrington https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61582556852588

We realise that this situation is upsetting for so many people across our community, and we want to remind you that support is always available to our students through the Chaplaincy, [[email protected]] the Student Counselling Service, the Student Health Unit and the wider student support network.

Helpful links:
https://www.universityofgalway.ie/chaplains/
https://www.universityofgalway.ie/health_unit/
https://www.universityofgalway.ie/student-services/supportwheel/

Support for staff is available through the EAS programme: https://www.universityofgalway.ie/human-resources/employeewellbeing/employeeassistanceservice/

Don’t hesitate to reach out—we are here to help you.🙏🕯️