The emergency call came in just after 7pm following a report of two adults in difficulty after their 18ft motor boat went aground at Kylenoe Rocks, at the northern end of Lough Derg.
When they arrived, the crew found the boat had suffered damage to the propeller on the outboard engine, one crew member waded into the water to reassure the two people on board and the vessel was towed to safe water
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The lifeboat then took it under an alongside tow to Terryglass Harbour, where it was taken out of the water.
Nobody was injured during the incident and the crew returned to base at 9.45.
