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Feast Day of St. Brendan-Patron Saint of Travelers & Sailors
May 16th is the Feast Day of St. Brendan, the patron saint of travelers and sailors. Near the town of Cahirciveen, one of the towns you pass through on the Kerry Way in southwest Ireland, is a stylized monument to St. Brendan’s legendary journey. Almost 1500 years ago Brendan and his companions supposedly left the Dingle peninsula (one peninsula north) and set off for America.
Controversy exists on whether he was the first to make it across.
Mounument to the Feast of St. Brendan
In fact his journey was replicated in 1976 by Tim Severn using a curragh, an Irish wooden boat over which hides are stretched. He successfully made the journey to Newfoundland indicating the feasability of the jouney all those centuries ago.
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Book Review: Leading at the Edge
Though it’s been almost 100 years since Shackleton’s ill-fated voyage, his leadership style and lessons in the face of adversity still ring true. Those lessons are used as a backdrop for Dennis N.T. Perkin’s book, Leading at the Edge. Dennis brings his considerable talent as the CEO of The Syncretics Group, a company that specializes in effective [...]
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