Movilla Abbey
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Movilla Abbey in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland, is believed to have been one of Ulster's and Ireland's most important monasteries. Movilla should not be confused with Moville in County Do
Movilla Abbey engraved stones
Movilla Abbey Ruins
Grave Of Col. Paddy Mayne
Movilla Abbey, Newtownards geograph.org.uk 84296
Columba
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Columba or Colmcille was an Irish abbot and missionary credited with spreading Christianity at the start of the Hiberno-Scottish mission in what became Scotland. He founded the important abbey on Iona
Saint Columba, Apostle to the Picts
Ruins of Colmcille's Chapel at Gartan Lough
Stained-glass window of Colmcille founding Derry
Nineteenth century illustration of Columba's meeting with King Bridei, by William Hole