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While I should I don't have time to dig up specific links, but... there are several skeptical to many mentions in the historic record. On the west coast of Britain, the term 'Black Shields' refered to pirates from Ireland who regularly raided coastal communities. The 'Black Shields' are mentioned having raided all the way to the coast of Spain. But arguably could have still remained a coastal ship rather than an ocean crossing one.
St. Andrew, a monk in Ireland in the 5th century recorded a manuscript of an ocean voyage to the New World, though highly disputed he describes seeing mountains and towers of glass on the ocean (ice bergs), a giant throwing burning rocks from a violent island (Icelandic volcanoes), and reaching a great expansive land to the west. He stayed for three years, then returned and wrote his manuscript. Whether you can believe it or not, the manuscript does exist.
St. Andrew crossed the ocean in a corracle. A bowl shaped ship capable of holding 20 or more people consisting of wood and whalebone timber framing, with skins tied and bound with pitch as the hull surface. Burning pitch was kept hot aboard ship to repair leaks as necessary. A single masted square sail was used for propulsion. With a deck, a large underdeck area existed for food, storage and barracks area. 3-5 corracles served as St. Andrew's fleet.
The Black Shield Celts used wooden single masted ships, rather than corracles. The Irish pirates we preyed on communities in the Mediterranean, they weren't exclusively in the Irish sea.
I've even read 'extremely skeptical' scholarly discussion regarding where the Tuatha de Danaan went, rather than a mystical land of fey (Tir na Nog), they went west... to the New World - and this wasn't at RPG board, but a university's Celtic studies board. Suggesting the first Celts of Ireland 'sailed to the west' 1500+ BC.
GP
The Romans did not walk across the English Channel. By the way do you have references for the ocean going capacity of Celtic shipping. I would be interested to hear of them because as far as I know Celtic shipping was pretty much costal with a quick dash across the Irish sea or the English Channel at best.
While I should I don't have time to dig up specific links, but... there are several skeptical to many mentions in the historic record. On the west coast of Britain, the term 'Black Shields' refered to pirates from Ireland who regularly raided coastal communities. The 'Black Shields' are mentioned having raided all the way to the coast of Spain. But arguably could have still remained a coastal ship rather than an ocean crossing one.
St. Andrew, a monk in Ireland in the 5th century recorded a manuscript of an ocean voyage to the New World, though highly disputed he describes seeing mountains and towers of glass on the ocean (ice bergs), a giant throwing burning rocks from a violent island (Icelandic volcanoes), and reaching a great expansive land to the west. He stayed for three years, then returned and wrote his manuscript. Whether you can believe it or not, the manuscript does exist.
St. Andrew crossed the ocean in a corracle. A bowl shaped ship capable of holding 20 or more people consisting of wood and whalebone timber framing, with skins tied and bound with pitch as the hull surface. Burning pitch was kept hot aboard ship to repair leaks as necessary. A single masted square sail was used for propulsion. With a deck, a large underdeck area existed for food, storage and barracks area. 3-5 corracles served as St. Andrew's fleet.
The Black Shield Celts used wooden single masted ships, rather than corracles. The Irish pirates we preyed on communities in the Mediterranean, they weren't exclusively in the Irish sea.
I've even read 'extremely skeptical' scholarly discussion regarding where the Tuatha de Danaan went, rather than a mystical land of fey (Tir na Nog), they went west... to the New World - and this wasn't at RPG board, but a university's Celtic studies board. Suggesting the first Celts of Ireland 'sailed to the west' 1500+ BC.
GP