A marine scientist and Church of Ireland priest who established Irish marine research is to be remembered in Co Kerry.
A plaque to William Spotswood Green was commissioned by a fellow marine scientist and fisheries expert Kevin Flannery.
The unveiling of the plaque will take place at his grave in Sneem at 3pm tomorrow afternoon.
Afterwards, Mr Flannery will deliver a lecture on his life in the Church of Ireland in the village.
"From Mizen to Malin he saved lives - the Famine continued for much longer in coastal areas," Mr Flannery said.
"No man will ever surpass the work he did, and I decided as a fishery scientist he had to be remembered," he said.
"He loved Kerry and realised after Kerry there was only one other Kingdom to go to", Mr Flannery said.
Born in Youghal, Co Cork and Spotswood Green was fascinated by the sea and by fishing, collecting molluscs and observing from childhood.
He studied science and logic at Trinity College Dublin. It was there he met his wife Belinda Butler of the Waterville Butler family.
A curate in Kenmare Parish and afterwards rector in Carrigaline, Co Cork, Spotswood Green was also an explorer and mountaineer.
He is celebrated in New Zealand for being the first man to climb Mount Cook.
Spotswood Green was responsible for the design of the 1907 ship The Helga II, used in the 1916 Rising, a marine research and protection vessel.
The ship's design and comfort features for the crew were widely imitated by other countries.
It became one of the first naval vessels of the Free State and it was renamed the Muirchú, after a Leinster monk.
Spotswood Green was an early member of the congested district boards set up in the 1890s to tackle dire poverty in the west with a particular focus on reviving the fishing industry.
He retired from pastoral duties in 1890 on appointment as an inspector of Irish fisheries dealing with piers, fishing methods as well as equipment.
Spotswood Green himself conducted research into developing the salt mackerel market for North America.
A huge industry with coopers, salters and slitters, in ports like Daingean Uí Chúis quickly evolved.
Some 80,000 people were employed until the late 1920s.
In 1967, a lecture at the Royal Dublin Society heard how "few men have made so great a contribution to the welfare of Irish fishermen, few will ever equal his achievements and none will surpass him".
Spotswood Green died in 1919 at his home overlooking the sea near Caherdaniel.
