NEW SHACKLETON MUSEUM TO OPEN IN ATHY, CO. KILDARE

Sir Ernest Shackleton, the great polar explorer, was born in Kilkea House, Kilkea, five miles from Athy, Co. Kildare, on 15 February 1874. Coming from an Anglo-Irish background with a strong Quaker heritage, he is renowned for his courage and extraordinary leadership skills on the legendary 1914–16 Endurance expedition to the Antarctic. His first expedition ... Read more

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