Derrick Cranpole

Derrick Cranpole is a retired sea fisherman, living in the south-east of Ireland. Born in England, he discovered poetry during his time at sea, which took him from the Arctic to the Southern Ocean and from the Americas to the Red Sea. Remembering bits of verse helped pass the long watches of the night. Back in the early sixties, Cranpole found himself on the deck of a lobster boat. Despite many ups and downs he, stayed at the fishing and he loved every day of it. In his poetry and his art, he champions the cause of fishing and coastal communities, in their fight against official arrogance, indifference and contempt.