Place:Annascaul, Ballynacourty, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland

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NameAnnascaul
Alt namesAbhainn an Scáilsource: Wikipedia
TypeTownland
Located inBallynacourty, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland
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Annascaul or Anascaul is a village on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland.

Different suggestions as to the original meaning of the name include "Scáil's River" (Scáil Ní Mhúirnáin is a character in a local legend), "River of the Shadows", or "Ford of the Heroes".

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Annascaul was the birthplace of the Antarctic explorer Tom Crean, who was part of Robert Scott's ill-fated attempts to reach the South Pole and Ernest Shackleton's epic open boat journey from Elephant Island to South Georgia. A statue of Crean has been erected in the village opposite the South Pole Inn, the public house he owned. Irish American sculptor, Jerome Connor famous for his work, the Nuns of the Battlefield in Washington D.C. was also born in Annascaul.

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