acerbic

crabby

apples

luvverley ;-)

exceptional

outstanding

shepherd  (if that's not a man outstanding in his own field, I don't know what is)

:-)

Shears

skein

knitting

gansey - a fisherman's knitted jersey, usually of oiled wool and pretty weatherproof; originally a Guernsey rather than a Jersey.

Aran
Irish sweaters

Atlantic - where the Aran Islands are situated

North

(Just part of the mighty Atlantic Ocean.)

rorqual - the baleen whales which live in the Atlantic as well as much of the rest of the oceans, north and south.