Writing in the early 20th century, the celebrated author James Joyce noted that the Book of Kells—an illuminated manuscript ...

Despite a life of exile, Colmcille’s appeal endures in the north and northwest of Ireland. On Iona, a small island on the west coast of Scotland, St. Colmcille ...

Engineers are starting work to give the historic island of Iona – the cradle of Christianity in Scotland – an ultrafast broadband tech boost. A mile off the much bigger Isle of Mull in the Inner ...

Of all the Dark Age Scottish saints, Columba is the most spectacular star. 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 ...