Tim Severin, Adventurer of Brendan Voyage Fame, Dies Ages 80
Tim Severin, Adventurer of Brendan Voyage Fame, Dies Aged 80 19th December 2020 Explorer and writer Tim Severin was a longtime resident of West Cork Credit: Aaron R Linderman/Wikimedia A famed adventurer who crossed the Atlantic by currach in a journey inspired by the story of Brendan the Navigator has died at the age of 80, as RTÉ News reports. Tim Severin set out in 1976 on the epic 7,200km journey in a hand-built currach from Co Kerry, via the Hebrides in Scotland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland to Newfoundland in Canada. It marked the first of a series of recreations of voyag...
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