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Longford’s connection with the late Tim Severin's Brendan boat voyage Reporter: newsroom@longfordleader.ie July 3, 1977: The Brendan boat in St John's Harbour, Newfoundland. Tim Severin (left) and Aidan O'Hara (right) ');  '); Aidan O’Hara recalls his and Longford’s connection with the late Tim Severin's Brendan boat voyage to North America in 1977 and then hit F10 to change the body for the rest of the stand first “There’s a man I am almost in awe of.” The man speaking was Tim Severin, explorer and skipper of the Brendan boat, and the man he referred to was Tróndur Patursson f...

Meet Padma Shri Ali Manikfan: Marine Researcher, Ecologist, All Without Any Formal Education © Provided by Indiatimes Ali Manikfan from Minicoy Island, in Lakshadweep, was one of the 102 eminent Indian who has been bestowed with the Padma Shri Award this year, the fourth highest civilian honour of the country. The 82-year-old is an expert on several subjects, without even having any kind of formal training in any of them. © Provided by Indiatimes Wikimedia Born in 1938, Manikfan was sent to Kerala by his parent for school education, but he did not pursue it beyond Class VIII and went bac...

Words of an old air have been flitting around my head for weeks now. “The sea, oh the sea, is grá geal mo chroí.” This anthem to the briny foam speaks much to the spirit of our island nation, and the maritime link to the danger and daring of life before the mast. In the tumult of Christmas week, it almost passed unnoticed that one of Ireland’s greatest seafarers, Tim Severin, had trimmed the sails for his final voyage upon uncharted waters. An adventurer like they don’t make any more, he cut his youthful teeth following Marco Polo’s overland route on a motorbike, and saddling up w...

Tim Severin was an Oxford undergraduate when he set off to recreate Marco Polo’s 13th-century journey from Italy to China along the Silk Road in 1961. “Three of us travelled in two motorcycles with

Sailor in leather boat challenged theory Columbus first to America We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Sailor in leather boat challenged theory Columbus first to America January 6, 2021 — 12.52pm Normal text size Advertisement Tim Severin, a British adventurer who for 40 years meticulously replicated the journeys of real and mythic explorers like St. Brendan the Navigator, Sinbad the Sailor and Marco Polo, died aged 80 on December 18 at his home in West Cork, Ireland. In May 1976, Severin left Ireland on his most audacious voyage: following ...