Forde among the many Cork Harbour links to the polar regions
While the names of some great Antarctic explorers are well-known, people are not as aware of Robert Forde even though Mount Forde is named after ...
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While the names of some great Antarctic explorers are well-known, people are not as aware of Robert Forde even though Mount Forde is named after ...
15 October 2023 By Mary Bemingham mary@TheCork.ie The September public lecture organised by Dúchas Clonakilty Heritage was the largest attended such event in the organisations 11-year history, proving that talks on local topics are very popular. For over an hour, Dr. Robert Devoy, of UCC enthralled the 230 attendees on the Lisbon Tsunami of 1755,…
The wreath-laying at the site of the wreck, 12 miles off the Seven Heads coastline in West Cork, is an annual tradition of the station.
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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 Napol...