Home COMMUNITY ’Blessing of Boats’ kicks off Rathlin Sound Maritime festival COMMUNITYLOCAL NEWSWHAT'S ON ’Blessing of Boats’ kicks off Rathlin Sound Maritime festival By Jonathan Crawford - May 25, 2019 134 views FacebookTwitterWhatsApp Sheila Freeman lays flowers during the Blessing of the Boats at Ballycastle Bay as part of the Rathlin Sound Maritime Festival. PICTURE KEVIN MCAULEY/MCAULEY MULTIMEDIA FacebookXWhatsApp