Irish Government urged to purchase Polar medal of Ernest Shackleton

Calls are being made on the Irish Government to purchase the Polar Medal of Anglo Irish explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.

This week a memorial stone containing Irish limestone was unveiled at Westminster Abbey in London to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth.

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