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Post #517656 by Trader Tom on Mon, Mar 15, 2010 10:24 PM
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History aside, there are a lot of old Irish legends and stories about explorers finding lost islands that are paradise on earth with exotic vegetation and beautiful women. The two stories that spring to mind are St Brendan and Bran. You can read about them here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan and here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voyage_of_Bran The god of the sea, Manannan mac Lir, was said to be the guardian of the "Blessed Isles" which have never been exactly pinpointed (some say they are Macronesian but they could just as easily be Polynesian Isles). More on Manannan here |