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Sheridan, Tadhg

 
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Synopsis

The Saints of the Hebrides is a grounded exploration of Scotland's western islands where faith was shaped by sea roads, wind, distance, and the daily discipline of endurance.

This book traces a documented sacred geography through Iona and St Columba, island chapels, holy wells, shore crosses, burial places, and the Gaelic language that preserved devotion across generations.

Inside you will find:

  • Iona's lasting authority and the Columba tradition in the western imagination
  • Chapel life in small communities and the spiritual rhythm of island worship
  • Holy wells and practices of care rooted in local custom and place memory
  • Crosses, stones, and boundary markers that shaped movement and conduct
  • Burial grounds and remembrance where kinship and continuity were held in the landscape
  • Gaelic speech and place names as carriers of sacred tradition
  • Change and survival in the living sacred west

For readers of Scottish history, Celtic Christianity, and island heritage, this is a serious, readable account of how saints and sacred places formed a moral map for life in the Hebrides.

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