Campaign to bring Kerry Saint Brendan 'to life' for future generations 

Storm Brendan meets Brendan The Navigator during a Code Orange weather warning, at the entrance to Fenit Harbour, Tralee, Co Kerry. St Brendan is the patron saint of mariners, boatmen, and travelers.Picture: Valerie O’Sullivan

Elements of the story of the great medieval saint and navigator, Brendan of Kerry, are to be found ‘in every monastery in Europe’, but there is no central archive or local appreciation of the saint whose voyages are believed to have inspired Christopher Columbus.

Up to now, there has been no means of drawing together the Kerry saint’s many strands, the launch of a new campaign in Ardfert heard.