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A MEMORIAL to a Newport man who stowed away on Ernest Shackleton s ill-fated expedition to Antarctica more than 100 years ago has been installed in… ....
An Post celebrating contribution of Cork arctic explorers with launch of new stamps today Five of the eight men commemorated in the new set are from Cork. Edward Bransfield from Ballincurra, Patrick Keohane from Courtmacsherry, Robert Forde from Bandon and brothers Mortimer and Tim McCarthy from Kinsale took part in epic expeditions in the 1800s and the early 1900s. Edward Bransfield Edward Bransfield was born in Ballinacurra, near Midleton in 1785. In the summer of 1803, he was press ganged into the Royal Navy by British Sailors and fought in the British war against Napoleon. He survived and rose through the ranks to eventually become Ship’s Master. ....