Thursday, 8 August 2013

Saint Brigid and the Blind Nun

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August 8 is the commemoration of Saint Daire, one of three female saints commemorated on the Irish calendars who bear this name. In his ac...
Monday, 17 June 2013

Octave of the Feast of Saint Colum Cille

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June 17 marks the Octave of the Feast of Saint Colum Cille. There is a description of a manuscript, no 211, preserved in the Library of E...
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Sunday, 16 June 2013

The Death of Saint Columba

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THE DEATH OF ST COLUMBA. The last faint glimmer of sunset gold Hath sunk in the western wave; Over the isle the night-wind...
Saturday, 15 June 2013

The Story of Blessed Columba and the Horse

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We continue the series of posts for the Octave of the Feast of Saint Colum Cille with a poetic retelling by Katharine Tynan of another s...
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Friday, 14 June 2013

The Rule of Saint Colum Cille

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Below is a translation by the nineteenth-century scholar, Eugene O'Curry, of the Rule ascribed to Saint Colum Cille. It was among a coll...
Thursday, 13 June 2013

Vignettes from the Lives of the Irish Saints: Saint Colum Cille, the Gambler and the Poor Man

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85. Another time when Columcille was in Derry, there came to him a gambler and a poor man. And he gave a groat to the gambler and a penny ...
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Wednesday, 12 June 2013

The Memory of Saint Colum Cille in Ireland and Scotland

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Ireland bore him, Scotland holds his remains. Each country has precious memories of his work and witness. The Irish remember the young fi...