Tour Scotland short travel video clip, with Scottish music, of the ruins of St Donan's Church on the Island of Eigg, Scottish Gaelic: Eige, located to the south of the Isle of Skye on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the Inner Hebrides. It is the second largest of the Small Isles after Rùm. St Donan's Church also known as Kildonnan, is said to have been erected by John Moydartach, Captain of Clanranald in the 16th century. A monastery at Kildonan was founded by a missionary Saint Donnan, possibly from either Dal Riata or an Irish Kingdom. He and his monks were massacred in 617 by the local Pictish queen. In medieval times the island was held by Clan Donald. The church is thought to be a 16th century construction but there is evidence of earlier religious settlement in four cross slabs which date from the early medieval period. Records also list a religous settlement here in 725 so it would seem that the monastery continued after St Donan’s death. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome.
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