They will row and sail their craft so as to reach Iona at Pentecost, which this year falls on June 2, for it was on the eve of Pentecost in 563 that St. Columba, sailing from Derry with 12 ...

In 563 AD Columba left Ireland and settled with the Gaels of Dál Riata, where he was granted the Island of Iona to found his monastery. The traditional opinion of how Columba came to Scotland ...

An even more incredible story of miracle-working is ascribed to Adomnan, the ninth Abbot of Iona, involving another, more famous Pictish King named Bridei - the same King Bridei who defeated the ...

On the night before Christmas 986, Danes out of Limerick descended on Iona. The Abbot and 15 monks began running towards the shore, hoping for shelter among the black rocks.