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Then the brethren backed the ship, and cried to the Lord for mercy. But the blessed Father Brendan saw how that wretch was carried off by a multitude of devils, and all on fire among them.
Another Irish vision of great popularity all over Europe in the Middle Ages is the Voyage of Saint Brendan.
"Your father always said you should have this drawing. It was one of his favorite pieces from the early years." "I'll take it with me." "How long are you going to be staying?" she asked. "I thought I'd take off the day after tomorrow. I just wanted to see you and Brendan and . . . " "I'll be here all week," Brendan said, "if anything needs doing." "We're not going to have a ceremony.
The dedication and the name of the village are in some doubt. Authorities make claim for St. Brendan as the patron, hence Branscombe. A chapel was built at Seaton in honour of this traveller saint.
"Just like your father," Ann said, "ready to go in the morning." "Mmm delicious. Goodbye, Jeremy," he said to the cat who was rubbing against his ankle, anxious to be let out. "Well, get going then. Take the mug. Keep it. Maybe it will remind you of Maine and help bring you back." "Thanks, Ann. It was very good to see you and Brendan. Take care of yourself."
Brendan came with him to the barn. When they were inside, Brendan said, "The old goat!" Joe spotted his father's special stash of Laphroaig and reached for it. "To the old goat," he said and took a healthy swallow. He passed the bottle to Brendan. "You're all right, Brendan." Brendan drank and cleared his throat. "Yowsir!"
He gives, moreover, to the Isle of Paradise the name of Inga, and says that St. Brendan and his companions never reached it after all, but came home after sailing round the Orkneys and other Northern isles.
After that terrible vision they sailed seven days to the south, till Father Brendan saw a dense cloud; when they neared it, a form as of a man sitting, and before him a veil, as big as a sack, hanging between two iron tongs, and rocking on the waves like a boat in a whirlwind.
These sailor-clerics, who settled on the southeast of the island, were spoken of by later Norwegians as "papar." After their departure they were probably driven away by Norwegian pagans these Icelandic apostles "left behind them Irish books, bells, and croziers, wherefrom one could understand they were Irishmen." But St. Brendan, the voyager, is the most wonderful of the mariner monks of Ireland.
Death of a Lake is the one I remember," Ann said. "Year after year, the lake shrinking, the birds, the fish . . . " She shuddered. "More wine, mother?" "Yes, a little." The next day passed quietly. Brendan split and Joe stacked a large pile of firewood. Ann went shopping. They took naps. Brendan and Joe went out for dinner to the "Fisherman's Friend." "Now that's a haddock plate!" Joe said.
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