Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Irish Thought for October 16...

Irish Trivia

Sometime between A.D. 512 and 530, an Irish monk named Brendan of Clonfert, now one of the most popular Irish saints, set out of a sailing quest to the "Isle of the Blessed."  Although the truth of Saint Brendan's travels is shrouded in legend, it is sometimes suggested that he discovered America nearly, 1,000 years before Columbus' voyage.

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