COURTMACSHERRY/ BROADSTRAND WALK

The lifeboat station which responded to the sinking of the Lusitania has appealed for artifacts to feature in a major exhibition to commemorate the centenary of her sinking off Cork in 1915.

A statue will be unveiled in Cork today in memory of explorer Patrick Keohane.

Everest conqueror Dr Clare O’Leary will this weekend unveil a memorial in honour of a heroic Irish polar adventurer who was a member of Captain Robert Scott’s ill-fated expedition to the South Pole a century ago.

A member of Captain Scott’s ill-fated Antarctic expedition is to be immortalised by his native parish following the decision to commission a life-sized statue in his memory.

Shackleton and Crean were just the tip of the iceberg, so to speak, of Irish Antarctic explorers, says Richard Fitzpatrick

AN Irish group has issued an urgent appeal for donations to help it bid for memorabilia associated with one of the great pioneers of polar exploration.

A MODEST cottage in Courtmacsherry not only has a superb vantage point over the bay, but it was once the home of the Antarctic explorer Patrick Keohane.

The conquering of the South Pole by the first Irish expedition will inspire budding explorers to learn more about Antarctica and the environmental dangers posed to it, it was claimed today.

A GROUP of Irish antarctic exploration enthusiasts yesterday spent a total of €38,000 on historic items which belonged to Cork- born Polar explorer Patrick Keohane.

Tommy Barker pays a visit to an old coastguard station which was converted into lovely holiday cottages.