I saw an old globe in the Vatican museum and it had Hy Brasil on it as well, except it was located off the south west coast. Had two river running thru it. Pretty cool mythology around it I wonder does it tie in with Tír na nÓg?
I’m amazed St John’s (Roscommon) is shown. It’s a tiny little place with a holy well and fuck all else. Lecarrow is the current placename.
How/why was it so important to be included in a map from the 16th century? There was no crossing over the River Shannon/Lough Ree, Rindoon was abandoned hundreds of years prior, and presumably other settlements nearby were much larger (Athlone/Roscommon/Boyle etc.).
This isn’t he first time I’ve seen St.John’s shown in early maps either. I live very close by and this intrigues me.
We were so skinny in the 1600s, what happened :/
The Portuguese went looking for Hy Brasil and found it.
My theory about this mysterious island…
Ever look out at the clouds over the horizon and or just barely atop some buildings across the way? They look like giant icecapped mountains. If they were to sail out that way, they would find nothing.
The legend of St Brendan has three islands he supposedly visited. I don’t fully remember the whole thing, but one had a naked hermit living on it who was talking to a thorny rosebush and nothing else. It’s quite the tale. Irish monks were excellent at adding a bit of detail to their translations to make them more exciting.
Old maps are so cool shows we don’t know wat the craic is wi a lot of places! There’s also one with anarctica without ice and one of the north pole with 4 islands around a mountain. Who knows!
I watched a documentary on Nat Geo a few years ago. It was about alien encounters. 2 military personnel in the US witnessed a UFO one night. They lost a few hours in time during the experience and had limited memory of it. The one thing both of them remembered very clearly was some random numbers. Those numbers turned out to be the coordinates for Hy Brasil.
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I saw an old globe in the Vatican museum and it had Hy Brasil on it as well, except it was located off the south west coast. Had two river running thru it. Pretty cool mythology around it I wonder does it tie in with Tír na nÓg?
I’m amazed St John’s (Roscommon) is shown. It’s a tiny little place with a holy well and fuck all else. Lecarrow is the current placename.
How/why was it so important to be included in a map from the 16th century? There was no crossing over the River Shannon/Lough Ree, Rindoon was abandoned hundreds of years prior, and presumably other settlements nearby were much larger (Athlone/Roscommon/Boyle etc.).
This isn’t he first time I’ve seen St.John’s shown in early maps either. I live very close by and this intrigues me.
We were so skinny in the 1600s, what happened :/
The Portuguese went looking for Hy Brasil and found it.
My theory about this mysterious island…
Ever look out at the clouds over the horizon and or just barely atop some buildings across the way? They look like giant icecapped mountains. If they were to sail out that way, they would find nothing.
The legend of St Brendan has three islands he supposedly visited. I don’t fully remember the whole thing, but one had a naked hermit living on it who was talking to a thorny rosebush and nothing else. It’s quite the tale. Irish monks were excellent at adding a bit of detail to their translations to make them more exciting.
Old maps are so cool shows we don’t know wat the craic is wi a lot of places! There’s also one with anarctica without ice and one of the north pole with 4 islands around a mountain. Who knows!
I watched a documentary on Nat Geo a few years ago. It was about alien encounters. 2 military personnel in the US witnessed a UFO one night. They lost a few hours in time during the experience and had limited memory of it. The one thing both of them remembered very clearly was some random numbers. Those numbers turned out to be the coordinates for Hy Brasil.
All very random but interesting .
Oh, Hy Brasil!
How do ye unlock this place in elden ring?
It’s now Gort
we’ve put on weight since then