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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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The Benedictine Shift

December 22, 2022 Gilbert Markus Project News

In this month’s blog I would like to explore a ‘factoid’ – a commonly held view which is not entirely[…]

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The church of Teampull Rònain: his or hers?

November 10, 2022 Thomas Clancy Project News

Thomas Clancy wonders about the identity of the saint in the name of Iona’s medieval parish church. The ruined church[…]

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Í > IOUA > IONA

July 1, 2022 Gilbert Markus Project News

Of all the place-names associated with the island of Iona, perhaps the one that has given rise to the most[…]

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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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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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An Eala: more ‘processional archaeology’

November 26, 2021 Gilbert Markus Project News

An Eala: further evidence of the medieval ritual landscape One of the things that I was pleased to have a[…]

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Cnoc Angel – articulating a ritual landsdcape

October 29, 2021 Gilbert Markus Project News

In our blog for September, Sofia Evemalm-Graham reflected on some of the names attached to the hill called Sìthean Mòr.[1] […]

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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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