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Iona’s Namescape

Author: Sofia Evemalm-Graham

Culdamh and the Camus: which came first?

May 16, 2022 Sofia Evemalm-Graham Project News

Mairi MacArthur looks at two place-names – one on land, one at sea – and wonders if, and how, they[…]

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In Search of the Lost Wells of Iona: Guest blog by Mike Small

February 8, 2022 Sofia Evemalm-Graham Project News

We are grateful to Mike Small for providing this guest blog sharing his work on the lost wells of Iona.[…]

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Columba and Iona: the conference ceilidh | Ì Chaluim Chille: cèilidh na co-labhairt

January 12, 2022 Sofia Evemalm-Graham Project News

Cèilidh air fhilmeadh do dh’Eilean Idhe a chaidh fhoillseachadh an toiseach aig ‘Ì Chaluim Chille’: co-labhairt a chaidh a chur[…]

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Names of the Month

December 28, 2021 Sofia Evemalm-Graham Project News

January 2023 January’s Name harks back — potentially –to the early days of the month. 8th January is the feast[…]

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Guest blog by Alicia Hendrick

December 7, 2021 Sofia Evemalm-Graham Project News

We are grateful to Alicia Hendrick for providing this guest blog sharing her work on Cobhain Cuildich and Cladh an[…]

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Angels, Fairies and St Michael: Some thoughts on Sìthean Mòr

September 29, 2021 Sofia Evemalm-Graham Project News

The writing of this blog is prompted by two circumstances: today, the 29th of September, is Michaelmas and as we[…]

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Stones and Stories

August 12, 2021 Sofia Evemalm-Graham Project News

Mairi MacArthur writes: “Cha b’e farainm a thug iad air an àite seo!” That’s what a Clachanach farmhand once said,[…]

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Iona’s Namescape: Where are we now?

July 1, 2021 Sofia Evemalm-Graham Project News

As the project reaches the final months of its first year, it seems appropriate to share more widely some thoughts[…]

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Blàr Buidhe and other colours in Iona place-names

February 17, 2021 Sofia Evemalm-Graham Project News

A series of Advent Tweets in December last year by @ChronHib (find it here) sparked this investigation into how colours[…]

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Iona: A Map

February 2, 2021 Sofia Evemalm-Graham Project News

Mairi MacArthur writes: On 9th June 1928 – the feast of St Columba – Alec Ritchie wrote from Iona to his[…]

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Recent Posts

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  • The church of Teampull Rònain: his or hers?
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  • Culdamh and the Camus: which came first?
  • In Search of the Lost Wells of Iona: Guest blog by Mike Small

Map in background image: A & E Ritchie, The map of Iona. I Chaluim - Chille (1930) courtesy of National Library of Scotland, photo in background image: Shutterstock

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