Brendan T-Shirt | The Navigator Monk meets the Whale

Saint Brendan was an Irish monk of the sixth century, remembered as the Navigator. The medieval Voyage of Saint Brendan tells how he set out into the Atlantic with a crew of monks in a small boat, searching for a promised land of the saints. Among their many wonders, they landed on what they thought was an island, lit a fire, and felt the ground move. It was a huge whale, and they returned to it each year to celebrate Easter on its back.

In this design the haloed saint stands in his wooden boat among his brothers as a great whale rises beside them from the stormy waves. On the horizon a modern ocean rowing boat with three rowers pulls through the swell. People still row across the Atlantic by hand today, chasing the same horizon Brendan sailed toward.

Choose your shirt

• Heavyweight: Comfort Colors 1717, 6.1 oz (206 g/m²) ring-spun cotton, garment-dyed for a soft, lived-in feel. Relaxed unisex fit; size down for a closer fit.
• Classic: Gildan 5000, 5.3 oz (180 g/m²) 100% cotton. Regular unisex fit. The same print, for less.

Printed to order: in the EU (Riga) for European orders, in the US for American ones.

Care: wash cold inside out, tumble dry low or hang dry, do not iron the print.