Among the many names included in those mentioned at the funeral announcement of Tom Crean in 1938, was one who appeared in the messages of sympathy. Commander Donal Bernard O’Connell who had, two years earlier, retired as a Captain from the Royal Navy, intrigued me. Donal happened to be the […]
Tom Crean funeral
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Tom Crean – The Final Journey Built by his own hands, in a corner of a graveyard in Ballynacourty, close to his Annascaul birthplace, lies the final resting place of Tom Crean. He was laid to rest still wearing his precious scapular. His faith meant so much to him he’d […]