with St Brendan Annaghdown, County Galway Ardfert, County Kerry Brancepeth and church of St Brandon, County Durham Brandon Creek on Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry Brandon Hill, County Kilkenny Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Canary Islands Clonfert, Ireland Dysart, County Kilkenny Faroe Islands Fenit Island, Tralee Bay, County Kerry Gallarus Oratory, County Kerry Hebrides Iceland Inishglora, County Mayo Iona Island, Scotland Killadysert, County Clare Killbrandon, near Oban, Scotland Kilbrennan Sound Killiney Inchiquin, County Galway Jan Mayen, who some claim was the first person to sight Jan Mayen Island Miami, Florida, United States: an elementary (K-8) and high school (9-12) are named in his honor Mount Brandon, County Kerry Newfoundland Nigeria, Iyamoyong, Cross River State: St Brendan Secondary School (a high school) is named in his honor Monhegan Island, Maine, United States Queensland, Australia: St. Brendan's College, Yeppoon: A Roman Catholic all-boys boarding high school founded by the Christian Brothers is named in his honor Samborombón Bay, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina Sicily In the Sicilian town of Bronte there is a church dedicated to Saint Brendan, whose name in the local dialect is "San Brandanu". Since 1574, the "Chiesa di San Blandano" ("Church of Saint Brendan") replaced a chapel with such name that existed previously in the same location. The reasons for dedicating a church to Saint Brendan are still unknown and probably untraceable. The Normans and the many settlers that followed the Norman invasion brought into Sicily the tradition of Saint Brendan; there are very old papers of the 13th century written in Sicily that refer to him; in 1799 the countryside surrounding Brontë became the British "Duchy of Horatio Nelson". The town of Drogheda is twinned with Bronte. Appearances in popular culture Australian novelist Patrick Holland re-imagines the Brendan voyage in his 2014 novel Navigatio. Scottish poet A.B. Jackson uses the 14th-century Dutch 'Van Sente Brandane' as the basis for his poetry collection The Voyage of St Brendan (Bloodaxe Books, 2021). American author and theologian Frederick Buechner retold the life of Brendan the Navigator in his 1987 novel, Brendan. The novel won the Christianity and Literature Book Award for Belles-Lettres in the same year. The "Brendan Voyage" is an orchestral suite for Uilleann pipes, written by Irish composer Shaun Davey recorded in 1980, featuring Liam O'Flynn. It is based on Tim Severin's book of the same name. The Celtic band Iona made an entire recording inspired by the voyage of Saint Brendan