Damien Browne

The extreme adventurer was not injured after his boat Cushlamachree was forced onto a lee shore at Furbo west of Galway city.

Damian immediately called Chris Martin, the Project Empower land support officer, who in turn contacted the relevant emergency services who mobilised immediately. Mr Hosty said he was in good spirits. [Rower](https://afloat.ie/watersport/rowing/rowing-news) Damian Browne is due to be welcomed at Galway docks this morning after he was swept into rocks in a force nine gale in the early hours of this morning.

Damien Browne had to be rescued by emergency responders after the alert was raised. After 2,686 hours at sea, and over 3450 nautical miles rowed, Damian became ...

Though he is "gutted" to have had to stop just short of his set destination, the rower is now reunited with his family and is looking forward to celebrating his achievement with the people of Galway at his homecoming, which is set to take place at 11am this morning, where it is hoped locals will turn out to mark the completion of his mammoth journey. After 2,686 hours at sea, and over 3450 nautical miles rowed, Damian became the first person in history to row the distance between the coast of New York and the west coast, and although he didn't reach the The Port of Galway, he is in good spirits. The first man to row from New York to Galway was forced to shore on the rocks at Furbo beach just a short distance from his finishing point last night.

In the final hours of his epic 112-day journey, the weather forced Damian ashore in precarious circumstances on the rocks at Furbo Beach. Damian immediately ...

Damian and The Project Empower team have expressed their sincere gratitude to the Gardaí and the Emergency First Responders who looked after Damian so well. Those wishing to support Project Empowers charity partners – National Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation, Ability West, Madra and The Galway Simon Community – can do so by visiting First on the scene were Garda Micheál Ó Ráinne from An Spidéil, Garda Vincent Kelly from Indreabhán and Garda Eoin O’Malley from Carna who found Damian and his boat Cushlamachree on the rocks and helped Damian to safety.

Galway man Damian Browne has been rescued at Furbo Beach near An Spidéal after rowing from New York to Galway in a small boat.

On Sunday, as he approached Ireland heading for Co Kerry, Mr Browne posted messages and a video on social media saying the swell was too dangerous to allow for safe rowing. After a couple of weeks aboard their custom-built boat, however, Mr Farrell was forced to pull out after suffering a tightness in his chest. The Coast Guard confirmed a man had been rescued “on Furbo beach” shortly before 1am on Tuesday.

A solo voyage across the Atlantic ended in the early hours of this morning, when rower Damian Browne came ashore on the Galway coast.

He also climbed Mount Everest between the two rowing trips. Speaking ahead of the journey, which began in New York on 14 June, the former Connacht and Leinster forward said that taking on this challenge was the adventure of a lifetime and a huge test of physical and mental strength and resilience. [end of a 16-week journey, which began when Mr Browne and his friend Fergus Farrell embarked from New York on the voyage eastwards](https://www.rte.ie/news/connacht/2022/0614/1304736-atlantic-row/).