1976 in Ireland
May
### May

* 17 May – [Tim Severin](/wiki/Tim_Severin "Tim Severin") and his crew set sail from [Dingle](/wiki/Dingle "Dingle") to America in the leather boat *Brendan*, tracing the route of the legendary 6th\-century Irish monk, [Brendan the Navigator](/wiki/Brendan_the_Navigator "Brendan the Navigator"). The *Brendan* reached Canada in June 1977\.

How did the people on the Brendan find their way across the ocean without modern navigation tools?