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Tim Foley

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Born

in Salford, The United Kingdom

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https://www.tomcreanbook.com

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Biography, History, Nonfiction

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Tim Foley is the author of Crean: The Extraordinary Life of an Irish Hero and the children's book Tom the Mighty Explorer, both telling the story of Tom Crean — the Kerry-born Antarctic explorer who survived three of the most famous expeditions in polar history, yet remained largely forgotten for decades.

Tim runs tomcreanbook.com, home to free learning resources, activities and articles inspired by Crean's life, built especially for primary school classrooms.

His hope is simple: that the best way to keep Tom Crean's name alive is to put the next generation in charge of carrying it forward. ...more

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	Crean: The Extraordinary Life of an Irish Hero 4.07 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2018 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Tom Crean’s Retirement

Tom Crean’s Retirement On March 24th, 1920, 43-year-old Tom Crean left the Navy and returned to a life of retirement in Ireland. A month earlier on 24th February, 1920, he’d been admitted to Chatham Naval hospital after being diagnosed with Retinitis. Eyes that had been subjected to the fiercest and coldest conditions imaginable over the […]

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Tim Foley wrote a new blog post Tom Crean’s Retirement Tom Crean’s Retirement On March 24th, 1920, 43-year-old Tom Crean left the Navy and returned to a life of retirement in Ireland. A month earlier on 24 Read more of this blog post »
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Tim Foley made a comment on Chris Wray’s review of Crean: The Extraordinary Life of an Irish Hero " I’m delighted that there’s a review platform that allows me, as the author, to respond here, albeit later than I would like as I’ve only just happened ...more "
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