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Brendan Boat

40-Year Anniversary of “Brendan Voyage” Marked in Clare

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
August / September 2016

August 10, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Explorer and historian Tim Severin celebrated 40 years since he embarked on an epic 4,500 mile voyage across the Atlantic on a leather boat with Shannon Heritage in June at the permanent home of Severin’s original “Brendan Boat” in Craggaunowen, Co. Clare. Severin, right, undertook the voyage to prove the feasibility of the alleged journey of St. Brendan to the Americas more … [Read more...] about 40-Year Anniversary of “Brendan Voyage” Marked in Clare

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