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Freddie Kent, Kinsale poet and Seafarer
Sadly Freddie famous for the well known - DISCARDED LOVE - amongst his many more. Has "Crossed the Bar" since the report shown below.
A Tribute to Freddie and many a pint and a "crack" at the White House, Kinsale. Sadly missed, but remembered.
Freddie Kent, Kinsale poet and Seafarer:
FREDDIE Kent, Barrack Green, who will be 80 in September, is a seafarer, singer and poet and one of Kinsale’s best known personalities. Indeed, writings and photos of the man can be seen at the ‘Kent Gallery’ corner of his local watering hole, Michael and Rose Frawley’s The White House.
His poetry has been inspired by his extensive travels after he emigrated – like so many of his contemporaries – during World War II in 1944, he survived the London Blitz, served in the RAF in Cornwall and then joined the Merchant Navy.
Fred’s father, Thomas Kent, Higher O’Connell Street, and his brothers Tommy and Henry all went to sea and Fred continued the tradition at the age of 29. It was to take him all over the world including Shanghai, Borneo Suez, Jamaica, Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires as well as on coasters around Britain. Many of the voyages on board cargo ships and adventures departed from Barry Dock with which he has family ties and he is very keen to see a friendship pact between both councils. He returned to Ireland in 1982.
Five times winner of the Tops of the Town talent competition during the Regatta Festival, Freddie is a fine singer and a renowned poet with his favourite composition, The Baltimore Emigrant, sung to the air of Noreen Bawn. He had a remarkable memory of the words of poems, sayings and songs. Freddie was the subject of a special feature in ‘South County’ in September 2001.
Sadly Freddie famous for the well known - DISCARDED LOVE - amongst his many more. Has "Crossed the Bar" since the report shown below.
A Tribute to Freddie and many a pint and a "crack" at the White House, Kinsale. Sadly missed, but remembered.
Freddie Kent, Kinsale poet and Seafarer:
FREDDIE Kent, Barrack Green, who will be 80 in September, is a seafarer, singer and poet and one of Kinsale’s best known personalities. Indeed, writings and photos of the man can be seen at the ‘Kent Gallery’ corner of his local watering hole, Michael and Rose Frawley’s The White House.
His poetry has been inspired by his extensive travels after he emigrated – like so many of his contemporaries – during World War II in 1944, he survived the London Blitz, served in the RAF in Cornwall and then joined the Merchant Navy.
Fred’s father, Thomas Kent, Higher O’Connell Street, and his brothers Tommy and Henry all went to sea and Fred continued the tradition at the age of 29. It was to take him all over the world including Shanghai, Borneo Suez, Jamaica, Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires as well as on coasters around Britain. Many of the voyages on board cargo ships and adventures departed from Barry Dock with which he has family ties and he is very keen to see a friendship pact between both councils. He returned to Ireland in 1982.
Five times winner of the Tops of the Town talent competition during the Regatta Festival, Freddie is a fine singer and a renowned poet with his favourite composition, The Baltimore Emigrant, sung to the air of Noreen Bawn. He had a remarkable memory of the words of poems, sayings and songs. Freddie was the subject of a special feature in ‘South County’ in September 2001.