:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/2EMZOEEC3NFAVMAQDWK7CSGL5I.jpg "The pre-Antarctic years that shaped a polar hero – The Irish Times")
It’s December 10th, 1901 and a 24-year-old sailor walks slowly up the dockside of Lyttelton Harbour in New Zealand to take up his next assignment aboard the ship RRS Discovery. With his kitbag over his shoulder, Tom Crean is unaware that he is about to enter a new phase of his life that will bring … [Read more…]
Fintan O’Toole Reports from Páirc Uí Chaoimh Mayo 1-19 Kerry 0-17 ON THE AFTERNOON that a new football championship format was wheeled into view, an established pattern was ended as Kerry tasted defeat on home soil in this setting for the first time in 28 years. Their unbeaten championship record at Kingdom venues stretched back … [Read more…]
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/IGAXIUTXMC6IYJJ4MCZXMJ6KGE.jpg "‘It was always for sale, if somebody wrote a cheque’ – The Irish Times")
The news that Francis and John Brennan are selling their landmark five-star property, the Park Hotel Kenmare, Co Kerry, came as a surprise to many when the story emerged on Tuesday. But for the brothers, who are also offloading a sister property in the town, The Lansdowne, which they purchased in 2021, it has been … [Read more…]