Today is St. Brendan’s feast day. To the Irish, St. Brendan needs no introduction. For those less fortunate in their birth, let me tell you that he may have been Ireland’s first adventure traveler. Saint Brendan was an Irish holy man who lived from 484 to 577 AD. Little is known about his life, and even his entry in the Catholic Encyclopedia is rather short. What we do know about him mostly comes from a strange tale called “the Voyage of St Brendan the Navigator,” written down in the ninth century and rewritten with various changes in several later manuscripts. It’s an account of a seven-year journey he and his followers took across the Atlantic, where they met ...
Most of us were taught that Christopher Columbus discovered America. Yet it is far from clear cut. There are alternative theories about who got here first — some well-documented, others much more flimsy in their scholarship. A new book probes their merits.
Did Irish monk St. Brendan set foot on American soil 900 years before Christopher Columbus set sail?
Follow Appalachian Magazine on Facebook: Facebook.com/AppalachianMagazine Each October, the entire nation celebrates the life of Christopher Columbus, crediting him for “discovering” America in [...]
In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue---and then he discovered America. That’s the story we all grew up with, but it's now common knowledge that the Vikings beat Christopher Columbus to the Americas by around 500 years. As it turns out, they might not have been the only ones. 10The Chinese From 1368--1644, China was
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Gordon Ramsay's shepherd's pie is a great British recipe. The filling for the pie is made with meat, vegetables, sauces, and spices. It is then topped with a mash and cheese. Check out the article to make your own shepherd's pie.
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