. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. St. Ninians, Sanda. Window. from Ireland, and to have been left by Columba, in charge of Kil-colmkil. Transactions of Cambridge Camden Society, p. 80. 154 KOYAL S0CI1:TY of antiquaries of IRELAND. We are informed,^ the first name in all the Scottish Calendar, andpresumably the first bringer of Christianity to Scotland, was St. Mnianof Withorn, born 360 ; his name also appears as Eingan and Ground Plan, Churcli of St. Xiuiaii, Sanda Island. He is commemorated in twenty-five churches or chapels, extending fromUltima Thu
. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. St. Ninians, Sanda. Window. from Ireland, and to have been left by Columba, in charge of Kil-colmkil. Transactions of Cambridge Camden Society, p. 80. 154 KOYAL S0CI1:TY of antiquaries of IRELAND. We are informed,^ the first name in all the Scottish Calendar, andpresumably the first bringer of Christianity to Scotland, was St. Mnianof Withorn, born 360 ; his name also appears as Eingan and Ground Plan, Churcli of St. Xiuiaii, Sanda Island. He is commemorated in twenty-five churches or chapels, extending fromUltima Thule to the Mull of Galloway. KiLDALTON—Island of Islat. The island of Islay, and particularly the south-eastern end of it,lying so near Ireland, was one of the favourite routes by which in thesixth and seventh centuries the colonization of Western Scotland andthe Hebrides was accomplished. The whole district is strongly im-pressed with social and ecclesiastical features of the Celtic type. Thelanguage always bore the name of the colonists, and the ScottishGaelic or Erse of the present day is only a modern modificationof it. But the objects in Islay which cliiefiy interest Irish archaeologists arethe stone monuments and carved stone crosses, the characteristics ofwhich can be best studied in Kildalton grave-yard as a preliminary tothose of Oronsay, and lona, and elsewhere in the Hebrides. The 1 Jolinsons Place Names of Scotland, p. 92. PROCEEDINGS. 155 Carv
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