A Wee Bit O' Irish History
St. Brendan of Kerry (484-578)
Much-disputed legend holds that he voyaged to North America in the sixth century with a group of monks. Petroglyphs of Ogham writings, or alphabetical representations of Gaelic languages, have been found in West Virginia and New Mexico, lending weight to this theory.
Plus, I would say that if petroglyphs were found in those places, then St. Brendan and his group made it, at least, almost all the way across North America too. Even when settlers from Europe began making their way in North America, it was still quite awhile before anyone started venturing inland. That is why the 13 original colonies were all pretty much on the eastern seaboard. Living in that new area was hard enough without adding travel into the mix.
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