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Drumhome monastery was founded by Colmcille's monks c. 560 A.D. Adomnan, Colmcille's biographer, attended Drumhome monastery before going to Iona.
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Feasibility Study August 2017 to include a geophysical survey o
Following on our successful walk last August from Mullinasole to Drumhome we intend to have a walk from Ballymagroarty to McGonigle's fort at Glasbolie in August 2017.
National Heritage Week walk in August 2017
The Drumhome (Drom Thuama) Columba monastery was founded c. 560 A.D. by the monks of Colm Cille. Ernan is associated with the founding of the monastery. Adomnan is said to have spent some time in Drumhome as a novice before going to Iona. He became the Abbot of Iona and wrote 'Beatha Cholmcille' - the biography of Columba. In this book he makes reference tio Drumhome. The only visible remains to-day is a wall of a medieval church which stands in the Church of Ireland cemetary.
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Drumhome
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Some views of the ancient monastic site in Drumhome.
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