In service with the Irish Naval Service from 1980 to 2016 , the ship was originally named after the poem , '' Aisling '' , to commemorate the centenary of the birth of the poet and nationalist Patrick Pearse . During her career , '' Aisling '' participated in the '' Sonia '' and '' Marita Ann '' incidents , and was one of the first ships to arrive on the scene of the Air India Flight 182 disaster , and subsequently participated in recovery operations . It was the adopted ship of Galway , and officially decommissioned in its adopted city in June 2016
Air India Flight 182
Air India Flight 182
LÉ Aisling (P23)