{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9190bee0-95f3-400b-842d-3232974654ec/66e0683675bacb90ac4eeccc?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Who was the first Irish person to cross the Atlantic Ocean?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/619566332eacc3a360702518/1725982592979-0a077f26-19fb-42b2-b640-c19f2c4faa9a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>I am delighted to share the very first episode of <a href=\"https://linktr.ee/transatlanticpod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast.</a>&nbsp;It's a new show I am making with historian Damian Shiels which looks at&nbsp;Irish-American History. It's separate from the Irish History Podcast and Season 1 will be released each Monday. You can subscribe to <a href=\"https://linktr.ee/transatlanticpod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast</a> to get future shows. In this first episode we look at who the first Irish person to reach the Americas was. There are a few intriguing candidates.</p><ul><li>Was it St. Brendan, the intrepid Irish monk who is said to have voyaged across the Atlantic centuries before Columbus?</li><li>Could it have been an Irish woman taken captive by Vikings who reached Newfoundland around 1000 AD?</li><li>Perhaps it was an Irish sailor aboard one of Columbus' ships?</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Next week I will be back with the Irish History Podcast with a show on the House of Malcomson, a dramatic story about the rise and fall of an Irish dynasty known of the Cotton Kings.</p><p><br></p><p>Meanwhile the second episode of <strong>Transatlantic</strong> whcih looks at the Forgotten Irish Witch of Boston comes out next Monday and will be available here <a href=\"https://linktr.ee/transatlanticpod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://linktr.ee/transatlanticpod</a>.</p>","author_name":"Fin Dwyer"}