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Edward Bransfield (1785-1852): Forgotten Irish Antarctic Explorer

02/04/2020

Edward Bransfield (1785-1852): Forgotten Irish Antarctic Explorer He was born in the small village of Ballinacurra, near Midleton, Co. Cork. At a young age while on a fishing boat with his father he was press-ganged into the British navy, in need of reinforcements, by the frigate Dryad in 1803. He was brought to the Plymouth naval base from which he served for eleven years on various warships, not seeing Cork again until 1814. His remarkable aptitude as a seaman…

John Field (1782-1837) : Irish composer, pianist, teacher

03/18/2019

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John Field (1782-1837) Irish composer pianist teacher Born in Dublin into an established musical family John Field was taught by his father (a violinist in Dublin theatres), his grandfather and the composer Tommaso Giordani. As something of a prodigy he made his debut in Dublin at the age of nine and his first London appearance in 1793. He worked as a piano salesman and demonstrator for Muzio Clementi in London, who took him on a European tour in 1802,…