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When St Brendan made the voyage from Ireland across the Atlantic to N. America, he encountered a sea monster - the Beast Jasconius (from Irish 'iasc). They mistook it for an island to celebrate Easter on!
Also, he keeps trying to put his tail in his mouth!

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2020-08-04

Myths come to life!
Following our last post, one of our readers took their copy of out to the sea and tried searching for the 'Beast Jasconious'!


https://t.co/5PoUdAMh7w

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2019-09-17

The King of Cats appears in many British and Irish tales. When the chief poet of Ireland cursed all mice and cats (for not keeping the mice at bay) he was attacked by the King of Cats. The poet was saved by St Ciaran who killed the cat. From

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2018-11-29