Brandon Creek
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Not to be confused with Brandon Creek, Norfolk
| Brandon Creek Irish: Cuas an Bhodaigh | |
| County Kerry | |
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | Q422120 |
| Location: | 52°14’15"N, 10°18’40"W |
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Brandon Creek is a village located at the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, at the most westerly point of the mainland of Ireland.
According to the 9th century document "Voyage of St Brendan the Navigator", St Brandon set sail westward from this point in the sixth Century, and voyaged into the Atlantic.[1][2][3]
The adventurer Tim Severin took a five-man crew across the Atlantic in a traditional leather boat to prove the legendary voyage of St Brendan was possible in the sixth century. The journey departed May 1976 from Brandon Creek.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "Dingle peninsula guide". http://dinglepeninsulaguide.com/brandon-dingle-peninsula/. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ↑ "Saints and Stones". http://www.saintsandstones.net/saints-brandon-journey.htm. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ↑ "archaeology". http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/archaeology/cragno.htm. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ↑ Severin, Tim: 'The Brendon Voyage' (Gill & Macmillan Ltd, 2004) ISBN-10: 0717139271
- ↑ Re-rigging St Brendan – The Irish Examiner