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Tom Crean featured on an new stamp from An Post.

Tom Crean Celebrated In Stamps Issued By An Post

April 15, 2021 at 4:08 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY explorer Tom Crean has been celebrated in a set of stamps just launched by An Post. Four stamps have been issued by An Post which celebrate eight Irish men who took part in Antarctic expeditions in the 1800s and early 1900s. Apart from the west Kerry man, Ernest Shackleton, […]

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Tom Crean To Be A ‘Tailfin Hero’ On Norwegian Airlines Plane

Tom Crean To Be A ‘Tailfin Hero’ On Norwegian Airlines Plane

April 7, 2017 at 9:34 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY explorer Tom Crean is to honoured on a Norwegian Air International aircraft flying transatlantic routes from Ireland this summer. He will be the first non-Norwegian to become one of the airline’s “tailfin heroes”. The airline honours well-known people from Norway including Hollywood actress Greta Garbo and artist Edvard Munch, but the Kerry […]

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Tom Crean To Be Celebrated In Annascaul This Weekend

Tom Crean To Be Celebrated In Annascaul This Weekend

June 16, 2016 at 9:52 am Comments are Disabled

THE life of Tom Crean is about to be celebrated in a fresh light in The Tom Crean Festival this weekend. The centrepiece of the festival, which takes place annually in the West Kerry village of Annascaul, will be a choreographed version of the local hero’s life on Saturday night. Tom Crean’s Journey: An Irish […]

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Kerry Airport Board To Consider Crean Name Change

Kerry Airport Board To Consider Crean Name Change

June 23, 2015 at 2:32 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY Airport are to consider changing its name to ‘Kerry Crean Airport’. Following a presentation to rename Kerry Airport the ‘Kerry Crean Airport’ at Monday’s AGM, the board of management are to consider the proposal at their next meeting. As a part of the presentation, a 17 minute video was shown to […]

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Archive Ice Cross Photo Goes Viral Thanks To Kerry-Based Facebook Group

Archive Ice Cross Photo Goes Viral Thanks To Kerry-Based Facebook Group

February 4, 2015 at 2:46 pm 2 comments

A PHOTO taken in Kerry during the ‘Big Freeze’ of winter 2010 has gone viral after a Kerry Facebook group posted it on Monday morning. The image of the ice-laden cross taken on the top of Mount Brandon on January 1, 2010 by Máire Criomhthain, has been viewed 167,000 times (as of early […]

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