January 20th – Committee member and Polar Historian Michael Smith writes about Edward Bransfield in the History Ireland magazine January/Februay 2019 issue. Read It Here
Bransfield or Bellingshausen – Who Saw Antarctica First? See it here
When a request had been made for an announcement to be placed within the journal to promote our series of PowerPoint presentation held at Douglas Library as part of 96FM Radiothon by our members, we were approached by Claire O’Donoghue, their editor specifically engaged to cover items of local historical interests. Members of our committee…
Ireland’s Antarctic explorers, including Edward Bransfield
The Cork Independent was planning to publish a supplement specifically to promote business and local Midleton Community projects. Upon hearing of our project they were very keen to lean more, and interview Eugene. The only known descent of Edward’s brother so far discovered, Eliesa Gallo, photographed we met at Cobh last summer.
Interview with Michael Smith and Jim Wilson about Edward Bransfield.
Remembering Edward Bransfield has inspired a retired Californian lawyer and weaver Gael Mueller to design and produce an Tartan dedicated to Edward Bransfield. Her visit to the Antarctic in January 2018, where she discovered all about Edward Bransfield and our project, inspired her to embark on her first Tartan project. A year later she…