Statues - Hither & Thither

TIMOTHY McCARTHY
LOWER COVE
KINSALE
(1888 - 1917)
Member of Sir Ernest Shackleton's
Imperial Trans Antarctic Expedition
on the 'Endurance'.
Was trapped in pack ice of 15 months.
Selected as one of the six men
who made a famous epic 800-mile voyage
in an open boat
in the worst seas in the world
from Elephant Island to South George
to get help to rescue their companions.
Awarded Bronze Polar Medal.
Died at gun post
when tanker 'Narragansett' was torpedoed.

MORTIMER McCARTHY
LOWER COVE
KINSALE
(1882 - 1967)
Member of Sir Robert Falcon Scott's expedition
on the 'Aurora' to the Antarctic
and the ill-fated expedition
on the 'Terra Nova' to the South pole.
Received a Silver Polar Medal for his exploits.
Donated a harpoon gun from the expedition
to the Kinsale Museum.
Settled and lived his life in New Zealand.

Erected by the members of
Kinsale & District Local History Society.
Sculptor: Graham Brett.      September 17. 2000.