Statue to commemorate life of polar explorer

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.

In 1910, Patrick Keohane, from the Courtmacsherry area of West Cork, was chosen for Captain Robert Scott’s expedition to the South Pole.

He joined a team which included the renowned Kerry explorer Tom Crean, as well as Kinsale brothers Mortimer and Tim McCarthy, along with Robert Forde from Kilmurry.