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**slohairt** · 12th December 06, 10:05 PM

Dia Dhuit!

Mud Huts! They should be so lucky! In Ireland we only had straw roundhouses! It took my family a long time to sail to Canada in a coracle!:rolleyes:

**MacWage** · 13th December 06, 03:42 AM

Originally Posted by slohairt

Dia Dhuit!

Mud Huts! They should be so lucky! In Ireland we only had straw roundhouses! It took my family a long time to sail to Canada in a coracle!:rolleyes:

Why? St.Brendan (if I recall the name right at 5 am and 5 hours of sleep) did it back in the 6th Century!

Back to topic, THAT is one show I REALLY want to see. I've read a few books on the topic, but the accuracy varies WIDELY (as for the various proposals to his life are sometimes mutually exclusive). Now, some seem to be influenced by the enjoyable, but none-to-accurate movie.
(Now, who remembers what topic is:rolleyes: ?)

**beowulf67** · 14th December 06, 10:07 AM

Originally Posted by slohairt

Dia Dhuit!

Mud Huts! They should be so lucky! In Ireland we only had straw roundhouses! It took my family a long time to sail to Canada in a coracle!:rolleyes:

"Right. I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before I went to bed, eat a lump of cold poison, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad would kill us, and dance about on our graves singing "Hallelujah."