Ernest Shackleton
The polar explorer Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) was born near Kilkea to a Quaker family that had been millers in the south Kildare area for over a century.
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“For it’s home, dearie, home—it’s home I want to be.
Our topsails are hoisted, and we’ll away to sea.
O, the oak and the ash and the bonnie birken tree
They’re all growing green in the old countrie.”
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