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Irish folk singer Christy Moore had a humorous track called "St. Brendan's Voyage" on his 1985 album Ordinary Man. Canadian indie band The Lowest of the Low correlate the voyage of St Brendan to the Atlantic passage of French and Irish immigrants to eastern Canada in the song "St Brendan's Way" on the album Shakespeare My Butt.
Brendan of Birr (died c. 572) was one of the early Irish monastic saints. He was a monk and later an abbot, of the 6th century. He was a monk and later an abbot, of the 6th century. He is known as "Saint Brendan the Elder" to distinguish him from his contemporary and friend Brendan the Navigator of Clonfert. [ 2 ]
According to the 9th century document "Voyage of St Brendan the Navigator", Saint Branden set sail westward from this point in the 6th century, and traveled across the Atlantic. [3] [4] [5] Adventurer Tim Severin took a five-man crew across the Atlantic to prove that St Brendan's voyage would have been possible in the 6th century. The journey ...
The Church of Saint Brendan the Navigator was built between 1815 and 1828. [1] [2] [3] A new chancel and a chancel arch were added in 1868. [4] A church bell was added in the 1880s. [5] In 2000, the church was rededicated to Brendan the Navigator. [3]
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View of the monumental bronze sculpture, St Brendan the Navigator, created by Tighe O'Donoghue/Ross for the St Brendan Heritage Park atop Samphire Island at Fenit, County Kerry, Ireland A monumental sculpture by Tighe O'Donoghue/Ross created in patinated ferro-cement of a war horse with helmet and broken chains atop an outcrop along the N22 ...
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According to Adomnán, the chronicler of the Life of Columba, about 542 Brendan the Navigator founded a monastery on Ailach, some years before Columba came to Iona. [5] [3] Brendan is said to have been buried on A’ Chùli, [6] (which lies between Eileach an Naoimh and Garbh Eileach) [3] although no trace of his chapel there remains.