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Signature. Thomas Crean ( Irish: Tomás Ó Cuirín; c. 16 February 1877 [2] – 27 July 1938) was an Irish seaman and Antarctic explorer who was awarded the Albert Medal for Lifesaving (AM). Crean was a member of three major expeditions to Antarctica during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, including Robert Falcon Scott 's 1911–1913 ...
- Ballynacourty, Annascaul, County Kerry, Ireland
- 1893–1920
Tom Crean. 25th February 1877 - 27th July 1938. Tom Crean served both Scott and Shackleton and outlived them both. Tom Crean was one of ten children, he was born on the family farm at Annascaul on the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland. Life was hard and so Tom joined the Royal Navy at the age of 15, by the age of 22 in 1899, he had worked ...
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Men like Tom Crean. Find out more about the Endurance expedition – Here. Later Life. Tom Crean did have a life away from the ice of Antarctica and on September 5th 1917 he married Ellen Herlihy who, like Tom was also from Annascaul. He continued to serve in the Navy, throughout World War 1, and beyond.
Crean, Thomas (‘Tom’) (1877–1938), sailor and Antarctic explorer, was born either on or shortly before 16 February 1877 at Gurtuchrane, near Anascaul, Co. Kerry, one of eight sons and three daughters of Patrick Crean, farmer, and Catherine Crean (née Courtney). (His birth certificate states that he was born 25 February, but the local ...
Apr 19, 2017 · Honouring Tom Crean is a new book that charts the expedition by descendents of Kerry Antarctic explorer Tom Crean, to South Georgia on the centenary of his heroic traverse of the island with Ernest Shackleton and Frank Worsley. Honouring Tom Crean: a centenary expedition with the Crean family. By Bill Sheppard.
Mar 19, 2019 · Tom Crean was born in the village of Annascaul, County Kerry, Ireland on or shortly before 16 February 1877, facing a life of poverty in a country still suffering 25 years after the devastating Great Famine. The Royal Navy provided one of the few opportunities for young men to escape and send back money to protect their families, many of whom ...
Nov 1, 2023 · Tom Crean was born on July 20, 1877 in Annascaul, Ireland. He was an Irish polar explorer who participated in three expeditions of the so-called “Golden Age of Antarctic Exploration” between 1901 and 1916. Tom Crean died in Cork, Ireland, on July 27, 1938. Michael Smith pays tribute to Crean as a long-forgotten explorer and organizer of ...
