Episode 32 - St. Brendan's Voyage

National Leprechaun Museum Talking Stories

Ahead of Saint Brendan's feast day on 16 May, Eleanor and Paudie are transported to Tom's retelling of St. Brendan's Voyage, on which Ireland's third saint could have sailed to America a thousand years before Christopher Columbus (and a little before the Vikings too)! Tom O'Rahilly, Director of the National Leprechaun Museum, shares his first story on Talking Stories Podcast, and Paudie and Eleanor discuss the immram genre of Old Irish sea adventures stories; their favourite things about Brendan the Navigator; and wonder at the prospect at sailing from Ireland, once the edge of civilisation, into the unknown. If you have any question you'd like us to answer, topics you'd like us to discuss, or stories you'd like us to tell, tweet us at @leprechaun_ie with #AskAStoryteller or find us on Instagram @leprechaunmuseum. If you'd like to support the podcast and the museum, our Ko-Fi and Shop is at ko-fi.com/leprechaunmuseum. Featuring Paudie Holly and Eleanor Walsh. St. Brendan's Voyage is told by Tom O'Rahilly. Recorded in the National Leprechaun Museum of Ireland.