Live Breaking News & Updates on Caproni Collection

Perhaps it was just Irish kindness, perhaps it was the mystic influence of Jerome Connor (1874-1943), the sculptor born in Annascaul, or perhaps it was just meant to be! A year ago, I arrived in Annascaul and was standing in the Tom Crean Memorial Garden before the annual endurance walk held in honour of that heroic Antarctic explorer. I chanced there to meet a humble but charismatic Irish postman, and we shared our mutual admiration for the intrepid character, personality, and fortitude that made Tom Crean a memorable and irresistible legend. ....

United States , New York , United Kingdom , Cape Ann , Googling Leonard Craske , Howard Blackburn , Jim Clark , Jimmy Hogan , Leonard Craske , Tom Crean , Robert Shure , Jerome Connor , Burgeo Bank , Gloucester Fishermen Institute , Gloucester Sawyer Free Library , Co Cork , Cape Ann Museum , Tom Crean Memorial Garden , Western Ocean , Nova Scotia , Great Republic , Leonard Craske , Great Depression , Gloucester Fishermen , Sawyer Free Library , Caproni Collection ,