Kilmore Quay's annual memorial ceremony for those lost at sea was held on Sunday 18 June 2006. After the church ceremony a lone piper led a procession to the Memorial Trail and Garden at Forlorn Point, overlooking Ballyteigue Bay. The Memorial Trail, which is called the Journey of Hope leads to the Garden which is dedicated to the memory of those lost at sea, particularly those whose bodies were never recovered.

The Garden is designed in the shape of a ship, with a mast, ship's wheel, a compass fountain, the propellor from ss Lennox, lost off the Saltee Islands in 1916, and a vigil sculpture of two grieving figures, as a special place where family members can try to come to terms with their loss.

Commissioner Commodore John Kavanagh represented the Commissioners of Irish Lights at the ceremony. He was accompanied by Sam Williams, retired Bosun, who was one of those who survived the sinking of the Irish Lights vessel ss Isolda when it was bombed by a German aeroplane on 19 December 1940.