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World Service,26 Aug 1997,28 mins

In the Wake of Colmcille

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In a spirit of religious co-operation a crew of Catholics and Protestants attempt to recreate the 130 mile journey made by St Colmcille in 1563 when he sailed from Derry in Ireland to the Scottish island of Iona in a currach rowing boat.

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