ONLINE TALK

Following the return of his Antarctic expedition (1907-1909) aboard SY ‘Nimrod’, Ernest Shackleton toured Europe delivering lectures to the peoples and learned societies of the great cities. He returned to his native Ireland in December, 1909, and gave a lecture in Dublin to raise funds for the Lady Dudley nurses scheme. This talk will outline his expedition, his post-‘Nimrod’ fame, the celebrations held in his honour in Dublin and the nursing scheme that he financially assisted.

Liam Maloney has been working with polar material for ten years. Starting in the Shackleton Endurance Exhibition in Dún Laoghaire, he was historian with Norwegian Cruise Line’s 2023 cruise season to Antarctica. He manages the Shackleton’s Endurance Facebook page and network and has written for the ‘James Caird Society Journal’.  Also interested in the seventeenth century, his university work (UCD BA & MA) centred on the tumultuous mid-century.

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