Endurance II

Enda O'Coineen will speak at a Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 150th birthday event in New York

Shackleton 150 To Be Marked in New York

15th January 2025 Endurance II

Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 150th birthday has extended into the new year, with an event planned by the Explorers’ Club and the Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton Appreciation Society. “Shackleton 150” in New York next month will focus on Shackleton, “his expeditions,…

14 million Euro Endurance II Project Spearheaded by Enda O'Coineen

11th February 2024 Endurance II

Businessman and sailor Enda O’Coineen is spearheading a 14 million euro project to build a replica of adventurer Ernest Shackleton’s most famous ship, Endurance. As The Sunday Independent reports, details of an “Endurance II” construction will be outlined at events…

A studio portrait of Irish polar explorer Ernest Shackleton

Call for Government to Purchase Medal Awarded to Ernest Shackleton Ahead of Events to Mark 150th Anniversary of Explorer’s Birth

10th February 2024 News Update

Celebrations are planned for Dublin and London for the 150th anniversary of the birth of Irish Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton on Thursday (15 February). Born in Co Kildare, Shackleton led three expeditions to the icy regions of the South Pole,…

About the Endurance II Replica Project

An Irish project has been launched on the 150th anniversary of explorer Ernest Shackleton's birth, to build a replica of his ship, Endurance II, in County Kildare.

The project has high-profile patrons such as the Prince Albert II of Monaco, Alexandra Shackleton (Shackleton's granddaughter), and Richard Garriott, the President of the Explorer's Club.

The project is still at the concept stage, so the estimated cost of construction, which is expected to be around €14m, and the annual operational budget of €1.5m are not yet confirmed.

The project organisers are seeking $600,000 (€556,350) from 12 "founders," who will each contribute $50,000. The chairman of private investment firm Kilcullen Kapital Partners, Galway-born O’Coineen, bought the Business Post newspaper in 2018.