St. Adomnan (also Adamnan, Eunan) was born in Ireland in about 625, approximately on the site of the present-day small town of Raphoe in County Donegal in Ulster. His father’s name was Ronan and his ...

The island of Iona, off the west coast of Scotland, is the symbolic centre of Scottish Christianity. Through 1400 years of history its fortunes have fluctuated, from its heights as one of the ...

The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may wish to download the Adobe Flash player. In 563 AD ...