100th Anniversary of Ernest Shackleton’s Death

Jan 5, 2022 | Education, Ernest Shackleton, Exhibition

Shackleton Museum joins the world today in remembering the passing of South Kildare-born polar explorer Ernest Shackleton on the 5th January 2022 the 100th anniversary of his death.

Centenary of Ernest Shackleton, the cabin in which he died in the early hours of Jan 5th 2022:

100th Anniversary of Shackleton's Death

You can read Shackleton’s obituary as printed in The Kildare Observer on the 4th February 1922 here: http://www.kildare.ie/ehistory/index.php/sir-ernest-shackleton-obituary-1922/