A long time ago some sailors sailed to Wicklow from Pwllheli in Wales. They got stranded in Wicklow due to foul weather. It was "summer time" The Wicklow Sailing Club came to their assistance, looked after them and their boats. Firm friendships developed. In the following years Wicklow Sailing Cub members visited Pwllheli frequently. While there they met sailors from Madog Yacht Club who invited them to the extremely beautiful port of Porthmadog. They fell in love with the place. For many years Wicklow Sailing Club discussed the possibility of twinning the two clubs. In 1993 the new club Commodore took the bull by the horns and carried through the club twinning and the rest is history.

The Wicklow Town Twinning took place in 2006

The actual town twinning with Porthmadog occured in two parts in 2006, with a Charter to mark each event. The first half took place in Porthmadog on the 10th June 2006 and was signed by Cllr Selwyn Griffiths from Porthmadog and Cllr Pat Byrne from Wicklow. The Town Clerk Frank O Toole and other Town Councillors were present at the ceremony which took the form of a concert with various schools and groups from Porthmadog participating.
The second part of the event took place in Wicklow on the weekend of 2nd September 2006, Cllr Selwyn Griffiths and Cllr Conal Kavanagh signed the charter at a concert held in Fatima Hall, all residents of the town were invited to attend and a tree planting ceremony took place to mark the occassion