Yet , these brave , perhaps foolhardy , men crossed the Atlantic , went to the Mediterranean and North African coast and kept Ireland supplied with vital provisions .
The ships were so rickety , old and derelict that we would not go to sea in them today .
These brave , perhaps foolhardy , men crossed the Atlantic , went to the Mediterranean and North African coast and kept Ireland supplied with vital provisions .
The ships were so rickety , old and derelict that we would not go to sea in them today .