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Born possibly in Tralee, Ireland, and educated by St. Ita and ordained by Bishop Erc, he became a monk and founded a large monastery at Clonfert. Many fantastic details have been added to this brief knowledge usually based on the fictional 'Navagation' in which he is described as searching for the ...
This article first appeared in The Press on 14 December 2005 At just 14 cm tall, the exquisite St Brendan and the Sea Monsters by Irish-born Robert Gibbings (1889-1958) is one of the smallest works in Christchurch Art Gallery's collection, but carries with it some of the largest tales. A rhythmic composition of swirling sea serpents, stingrays and sharks, this finely-crafted woodcut print tells the story of 6th century Irish explorer-monk St. Brendan, or Brendan the Navigator, whose recorded travels were an important part of medieval European folklore, and which continue to fascinate.
Saint Brendan’s Church, Tarbert, Co Kerry, one of the four churches in the Rathkeale and Kilnaughtin Group of Parishes (Photograph: Patrick...
In early Ireland everyone ate more or less the same food, initially whatever they could hunt or forage, later grains and other farmed crops. As the centuries passed an increasing divide appeared between the diets of the rich and poor, especially when the Norman and English occupiers began exporting foods on which the poorer Irish had depended. Survival became a real struggle for those at the bottom of the pile.
The great west door of Saint Brendan’s Cathedral, Clonfert, Co Galway, has been described as the ‘crowning achievement’ of the Hiberno-Roma...
Saint Brendan’s Cathedral, Ardfert, Co Kerry … a 12th century cathedral with a story dating back to the sixth century (Photograph: Patrick ...
St. Brendan Catholic Mission Church, Jeffrey City, Wyoming.
Saint Brendan of Birr in a stained-glass window in Saint Brendan’s Church, Birr, Co Offaly (Photograph: Window Andreas F. Borchert, Wikipedi...
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The Voyage of Saint Brendan Sancti Brendani Navigatio
Read 42 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. This is the story of Saint Brendan the Navigator, whose legendary quest to find the Isle of…
Son of Findloga; brother of Saint Briga. Monk. Educated by Saint Ita of Killeedy and Saint Erc of Kerry. Friend of Saint Columba and Saint...
Find out about a beautiful heritage site of early Christian Ireland- Clonfert Cathedral and its connection with Saint Brendan the Navigator.
We were on the trail of Saint Brendan, and the road took us deep into County Kerry. The spring days were blue, and the unparalleled scenery at its best for us. As we made our ways through the high hills and mountain passes we could see across to the coast: 20,000 years ago, ice shaped…
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