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Iona
(Encyclopedia)Iona n´ [key] [Irish Ioua=island] or Icolmkill [Irish,=island of Columba of the church], island (1985 est. pop. 267), 3.5 mi (5.6 km) long and 1.5 mi (2.4 km) wide, Argyll and Bute, NW Scotland...Opie, Iona
(Encyclopedia)Opie, Iona, 1923–2017, b. Iona Margaret Balfour Archibald, and Peter Mason Opie, 1918–1982, British folklorists of the rhymes, games, and songs of children's culture and literature. They met durin...Icolmkill
(Encyclopedia)Icolmkill, Scotland: see Iona.Opie, Peter Mason
(Encyclopedia)Opie, Peter Mason: see Opie, Iona.New Rochelle
(Encyclopedia)New Rochelle rshl´ [key], city (1990 pop. 67,625), Westchester co., SE N.Y., on Long Island Sound; settled by Huguenots 1688, inc. as a village 1858, as a city 1899. Although mainly a residential...Culdees
(Encyclopedia)Culdees kldz´ [key] [Irish,=servants of God], ancient monks of Ireland and Scotland, appearing after the 8th cent. Little is known of their origin, and their relationship to the monks of the Celt...MacLeod, Sir George
(Encyclopedia)MacLeod, Sir Georgemkloud´, 1895–1991, Scottish clergyman. He was educated at Oxford and, after serving in World War I, was ordained a Church of Scotland minister in 1924. Disaffected with his ch...Oswald, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Oswald, Saint, d. 641, king of Northumbria (633–41), son of Æthelfrith. In exile during the reign of Edwin, Oswald and his brother Oswy became Christians. After Edwin's death Oswald defeated (633) ...Olaf Guthfrithson
(Encyclopedia)Olaf Guthfrithson ´läf gth´frthsn [key], d. 941, Norse king of Dublin (934–41). His father, Guthfrith, king of Dublin and of York, had been driven out of England by Athelstan in 927. Ol...Columba, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Columba, Saint klm´b [key], or Saint Columcillekl´mkl [key] [Irish,=dove of the church], 521–97, Irish missionary to Scotland, called the Apostle of Caledonia. A prince of the O'Donn...Browse by Subject
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