Who Really Discovered North America?
The sixth-century voyage of St. Brendan to North America
is the most fascinating of sea legends. Could the myth, of
an Irish monk and his crew sailing across the Atlantic in
a boat made of leather, nearly a thousand years before Columbus,
have been reality?
The Brendan Voyage gift box-set is a unique item in the Tara
catalogue. In addition to a copy of The Brendan Voyage CD
it also contains a copy of Tim Severin's book 'The Brendan
Voyage' upon which Shaun Davey based his music.
THE BOOK
In pursuit of a legend, Tim Severin staked the lives of himself and his four companions on following the exact methods used by the seafaring Irish monks in constructing and sailing their vessel from the West coast of Ireland across the Atlantic Ocean to Newfoundland. Persuasive proof of the validity of the Brendan myth, Severin's hazardous expedition remains a supreme testament to the resilience of the voyaging spirit in some of the most hostile conditions known to man.
This is the inspiring story of that epic journey
'One of the great sea-going adventure
stories of modern times'
Sunday Times
'Exceptionally well-written and very exciting'
Nicholas Monsarrat, author of THE CRUEL SEA
'An epic that spans the centuries'
The Sunday Express
'An extraordinary explorer'
Independent
'Enthralling'
Hammond Innes, Guardian
THE CD (TARACD 3006)
The Brendan Voyage music is a suite for orchestra and Irish (uilleann) Pipes played by soloist Liam O'Flynn and based on the book by Tim Severin. The uilleann pipes represent the boat and carry the listener before the wind, through ferocious gales, over gigantic waves, through floating pillars of ice... evoking the journey from a small Kerry harbour to the Faroes, the cliffs of Mykines, to Iceland, the freezing waters of Labrador and finally, to safe harbour in Newfoundland.
'It isn't every day that an Uilleann Piper
gets a standing ovation in London's Festival Hall, so the
fifteen minute standing ovation was a rare occurrence indeed'
The Evening Herald
'This professional critic enjoyed the
whole work for its nearly hour long duration with complete
absorption.. (at the end) the whole audience rose immediately
to its feet in applause.'
The Irish Times
'Enthralling, momentous music, The Brendan
Voyage is a tremendously moving, even awesome piece of music
to hear performed live.'
Belfast Telegraph
'One couldn't help coming away elated
from the performance.'
Staten Island Advance, NY
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