Chapter XIV: The Columbian School in Alba

I.--IONA 315
Columba settles in Iona 316
Reilig Odhran 317
Columba's Monasteries 318
Scribes in Iona 319
Rule in Iona 319

II.--COLUMBA PROTECTS THE BARDS 320
Threatened destruction of the Bards 320
Convention of Drumceat 321
Columba's defence of the Bards 322
The Bardic Schools 323

III.--DEATH OF COLUMBA 324

IV.--WRITINGS OF COLUMBA 326
_The Altus Prosator_ 327
_In te Christe_ 328
_Noli Pater_ 328
Irish Poems attributed to Columcille 329
Columba's Prophecies 329

V.--LIVES OF COLUMCILLE 330

VI.--OTHER SCHOLARS OF IONA 331
Baithen 331
Death of Baithen 333
Laisren 333
Seghine 333
Suibhne 334
Cuimine the Fair 334

VII.--ADAMNAN, NINTH ABBOT OF HY 335
Greek Tongue taught in the School of Hy 1170 years ago 336
Adamnan's Birth 336
His Parentage 337
King Finnachta 337
Adamnan goes to Iona 338
_Vita Columbae_ 339
Adamnan introduces the new Paschal observance into Ireland 341
Dispute between Adamnan and Finnachta 342
Canon of Adamnan 342
Death of Adamnan--relics transferred to Ireland 343
Adamnan's writings 344
_De Locis Sanctis_ 344
Expulsion of the Columbian Monks by the Pictish King Nectan 345
The "Gentiles" make their first descent on the Hebrides 346
Martyrdom of St. Blaithmac 347
The _Rule of Columba_ 347