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identification.		 Iona - 3 mile long island; monastery and missionary center founded by Saint Columba in 563; many Scottish kings buried there. Lindisfarne - Holy Island - tiny tidal island where Saint Aidan founded his monastery. Saint David Monastery - 6th century pilgrimage site founded by Saint David (Dewi). Clonfert - main center of Saint Brendan's missionary work; on the Shannon. Bangor - monastery and great center of learning; founded in 555 by Saint Comgall. Downpatrick - site of Saint Patrick's beginning of mission and his death. Tara - seat of the High Kings of Ireland. Croagh Patrick - Ireland's Mt. Sinai - where Saint Patrick fasted during Lent. Glastonbury - one of the oldest Christian churches, shrine and pilgrimage center. Inishbofin - monastery of St. Colman. Isle of Man - Evangelized by St. Machalus. Whitby - where Synod of Whitby held to regularize religious practices. Isle of Bute - monastery of St. Blane.

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