Ray joined the team in 2015. A huge outdoor enthusiast, he spends his weekends hiking with the Westport Hillwalking Club and biking with Castlebar Cycling Club.
He's also a runner and a member of Mayo AC.
The Team
Irene O'Brien has been involved with Mountain Rescue since 2003.
Originally from Wicklow, she began her Mountain Rescue career with the Glen of Imaal team.
Mary Sheridan joined the team in 2012.
She wanted to mix her passion for the outdoors with giving something back to the community and she’s been doing exactly that ever since.
Peter joined the team in 2018.
His childhood summers were spent camping, rock climbing and hill walking with his family.
Noel joined the team in 2021 but has been a friend to many team members for years and is certainly not new to the outdoors.
He grew up at the foot of Slieve Gullion in South Armagh and has worked as an outdoor instructor in Peterburg adventure centre, Co. Galway.
Marie Lyons joined the team in 2008. Her father woke her up when she was 8 years old to climb the Reek at daybreak and she hasn’t managed to avoid Croagh Patrick since.
She’s a nurse and a wilderness first aid trainer based in Louisburgh.
William Nolan joined the team in 2021 so he’s freshly minted.
However, he brings to the team years of experience and expertise as a Mountain Leader. Based in Mayo, he is the owner / lead guide of “Wilderness Adventures”.
Cameron hails from Co. Wicklow originally where he was an avid hillwalker for years.
He joined the team in 2015 when he moved west.
Mark Reed joined the team in 2015. A native of Australia, he ambled into Ireland as a back packer in 1996 to take up work as an instructor in Delphi adventure centre and he hasn’t left since!
He has made his home in Louisburgh and brought up two lovely girls there.
Shane Maguire has been 30 years on the team! He deserves a big trophy for that fact alone, never mind a medal.
When Shane first joined the team, the members were a mere handful of people, poorly equipped, poorly funded and with no technology to support the efforts.
Richard Harnedy joined Mayo Mountain Rescue in 1972.
Dick’s interest in Mountain Climbing started in 1968 when he joined the UCD Mountaineering Club. (Now don’t be trying to guess his age). The club members mostly climbed in Wicklow but occasionally ventured to the Kerry mountains and the Mournes.
Stephen is a Cork man living in Westport who joined the team in 2020.
He is an engineer working in a local Pharma/Bio plant. Stephen is husband to Maura and father to two small babies Darragh 3 and Sophie 1.
Mary Walsh has been a member of MMRT since 2005, and cannot figure out where the time has gone?
She’s a native of Westport and extremely well known around the town which is very handy when you stand beside her shaking a bucket!
Colm Byrne joined the team in 1997, and like Shane, was on the coal face at the inception of the organisation which was to become the professional rescue team it is today.
He has made a significant contribution to our team and has held the offices of Team Leader, Safety Officer, Chairperson, Training Officer and is currently Secretary, one of the busier roles on the team, doing the dreaded and unpopular….paperwork!!
Elaine has been on the team over 11 years and what she likes most about being a member of a mountain rescue team is the great friends she's made from it and the skills she has developed over the course of the years.
Darragh Heneghan joined the team in 2020 and has been an active stalwart member since, a regular on call-outs.
Darragh comes from Kiltimagh but loves living in Westport. He brings very valuable skills to the team - Qualified Mountain leader, Rock Climbing Instructor and of course, a passion for the outdoors.
Clem Quinn is our current Training Officer for 2022 and has been involved in the team since 2012.
Clem is passionate about the outdoors and educating others in how to access the outdoor environment in a safe and meaningful way.
A Mayo Mountain Rescue team would not be complete without a Connemara man. If only to tease!
Vincent Kane joined the team in 2020. Growing up on the shores of the spectacular Killary Harbour, Ireland’s only fjord, he is no stranger to hills and mountains.
Mike Keating first got involved in Mountain Rescue way back in 1995 when he joined the Galway Mountain Rescue Team.
He was inspired to join the Galway team after an unusual event when he was a young teenager.
Declan and Carol Currid are our only husband and wife unit on the team.
Carol was the first to jump in, after seeing an ad in the Mayo news in 2015, to recruit new members.
Eóin Mangan is a new member of the team who joined in 2021.
Growing up in Lahardane at the foot of Nephin Mountain inspired in him a great love for the outdoors and an appetite for new adventures!