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Goodbye Columbus
Hello St. Brendan

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By Abdon Moriarty Pallasch In this piece from our archives Abdon Moriarty Pallasch talks to Tim Severin (d. 2020) who retraced the 6th century legendary journey of St. Brendan from Ireland to Newfoundland. The idea that Irish monks in an ox-hide boat might have beaten the Conquistadors and the Vikings to America was largely relegated to Irish folklore before 1976. That … [Read more...] about Goodbye Columbus
Hello St. Brendan

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

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
August / September 2016

August 10, 2016 by By <a href="https://irishamerica.com/2011/12/adam-farley/">Adam Farley</a>, Deputy Editor<br/> <a href=“https://irishamerica.com/archives/2016-archive/august-september-2016/“>August / September 2016</a> 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

November 29, 1993

The Northern Ireland peace process took another momentous step forward on this day in 1993 by appointing ten members onto an executive power-sharing board under the leadership of David Trimble. Furthermore, the British and Irish governments began making constitutional changes that were laid down in the Good Friday Agreement. Martin McGuinness, former IRA member, was appointed minister of schools in Ulster, which caused much controversy amongst some unionist supporters.

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

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