IONA ABBEY, founded sometime prior to 1203 on the site where St Columba built his monastery in the sixth century, was built following Ranald Somerled’s invitation to the Benedictine order of monks to ...

The Iona Community has started a fundraising drive to help pay for repairs and upgrades to the Hebridean island's famous abbey. The group which runs the abbey has already raised £3m to modernise the ...

A 'gem' of a library hidden above the cloisters of Iona Abbey is to be saved for the nation with rare Gaelic manuscripts among those documents to be preserved. Did you know with a Digital Subscription ...

For over 1,000 years, the tiny sacred isle of Iona – barely three miles long and one mile wide - has symbolised the beating heart of Christian faith. As years past, the monastery founded in 563 by ...

The Iona Abbey library has opened to the public after two years of renovation works. The Duke of Argyll opened the Christian library on Saturday, and was joined by representatives from the Church of ...

Living areas at the ancient Iona Abbey have reopened after they were renovated following a multi-million-pound fundraising campaign. The Princess Royal visited the Hebridean island this week and spoke ...

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The Iona Community has started a fundraising drive to help pay for repairs and upgrades to the Hebridean island's famous abbey. The group which runs the abbey has already raised £3m to modernise the ...

Living areas at the ancient Iona Abbey have reopened after they were renovated following a multi-million-pound fundraising campaign. The Princess Royal visited the Hebridean island this week and spoke ...

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