Atop Greenock’s Lyle Hill sits a monument to the French naval and merchant seamen of the Free French Navy who lost their lives in the Atlantic and elsewhere in World War Two.
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The Shackleton Endurance Antarctic Expedition Just Keeps On Giving
10th February 2021
Men of the High Latitudes – Jarlath Cunnane and Mick Brogan with Northabout at Westport Quay in their return from circling the Arctic. Their current mission is ensuring proper recognition for Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton s Scottish ship s carpenter Harry McNish
When Afloat.ie s Shipping Correspondent Jehan Ashmore scooped all other media last week with the revelation that the new Irish Research Vessel will be named Tom Crean, the wave of warmth and sheer goodwill which greeted the news was remarkable. For although you don t have to know all the details of the heroically-failed Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-1917, you ll know that it was led by Ernest Shackleton of a Kildare family, and you ll further know that over the years, one of its true heroes has emerged as Tom Crean of Annascaul in County Kerry.