Victor Boyhan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for coming to the House. I will be brief. I support this excellent motion. I do not intend listing all the county councillors from Kildare. I am originally from Kildare, a little place just outside Athy called Narraghmore. Therefore, I know a lot about Ernest Shackleton. I salute the people of Athy in County Kildare for the interpretative centre and museum and also their connection with the nearby town of Ballitore, which many know due to the Leadbeaters and the Quaker history and tradition associated with it. I have spent most of the remaining part of my life in Dún Laoghaire, another great place, which also tried to put in place an interpretation centre on Shackleton and the Antarctic. It has not as yet been successful, yet has had loads of money pumped into it in the wonderful harbour in Dún Laoghaire. That is something that relates to Athy.