Below is a list of Kilkeel and Annalong boats with the names of the skippers from a time gone past.

The 'St Joseph' (Tom McGlue), the oldest boat and skipper that I could find.

'The Express' (Willie John McKee), 'The Moss Rose' (Johnny McKee),'The Saint Patrick' (Pat Curran), 'The Mary Joseph' (Bob Wilson), 'The Jane Gordon' (W. Douglas), 'The Mermaid' (Robert McKnight), 'The Kingfisher' (George Balance), 'The Jolly Tar' (Archie Mackintosh), 'The Minnie' (Owen McConville), 'The Arathusa' (Pat Cousins), 'The Thermople' (Pat Collins), 'The Never Can Tell' (Johnny Cousins), 'The Cissie' (Willie Balance), 'The Queen Bee' (James Donnan), 'The Emu' (J. Chambers), 'The Good Design' (J. Cousins), 'The Village Girl' (Johnny McAdam), 'The Guiding Star' (Harry McBride), 'The Victory' (Johnny McBride), 'The Ellen Constance' (Jamey Quinn), 'The Maid Of Mourne' (Patrick Curran), 'The Cypress' (Charlie Cassidy), 'The Mary Sanders' (Willie Magennis), 'The Jane Russell' (John Collins), 'The Snowdrop' (Willie McDonald), 'The Wanderer' (Hugh Green. Sen), 'The Saint Mary' (Mick Green), 'The Wizard' (John Sloan), 'The Willie' (Jim Chambers), 'The Imelda Jane' (James McKnight), 'The Jennie Gardiner' John Cunningham & Pat Collins), 'The Shane's Castle' (Harry McBride), 'The Winifred' (Tom OBrien, Dunavil), 'The Uncle Tom' (Archie Mackintosh), 'The Water Lily' (Willie Cousins), 'The Sarah' (Tommy Edgar), 'The Childrens Friend' (James Ferguson), 'The Francis Russell' (Bob Cousins), 'The Minnie', name changed to the 'Jane Russell' (Owen Mc Conville and later Joe Collins), 'The Rival' (Robert Young), 'The Flirt' (Skipper not known). If the name is anything to go by!

There are many more but I do not have the Skippers names, if you wish any boat and skipper to be named then please send me an E-mail with the name of the vessel and the Skipper.

One piece of information that I myself found very surprising but am still waiting for confirmation. 'The Lady Nora' (owned and skippered by the then Earl of Kilmorey, he is also reputed to be the first man to put an engine in a fishing boat in Kilkeel).