Above: Cross Stitch depicting St. Columcille This is the traditional account of the cause of Columcille's exile, but it is to be noted that the Old Irish Life does not ascribe his journey to Scotland to the circumstances arising out of the quarrel with King Diarmait, but merely states that :— " When Columcille had made the circuit of all Erin, and when he had sown faith and religion; when numerous multitudes had been baptised by him ; when he had founded churches ... Read More