Sir,—In an otherwise informative and apparently well-informed piece on public access to the Durrow high cross, Michael Byrne (HI 32.6, Nov./Dec. 2024) states that ‘Mrs [Alice Stopford] Green visited the monastic site at Durrow, the only one in Ireland founded by St Columcille …’. Surely no one doubts that the foundation at Derry was Columcille’s, ... Read more
