Eileach an Naoimh
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Eileach an Naoimh is an uninhabited island in the Inner Hebrides of the west coast of Scotland. It is the southernmost of the Garvellachs archipelago and lies in Firth of Lorne between Mull and Argyll at grid reference NM645095.
The name is Gaelic for rocky place of the saint.
In 542, St. Brendan the Navigator founded a monastery on the island. The monastery was destroyed several centuries later by Viking invaders. The island has probably been unoccupied since, which has contributed to the survival of the ruins of many of the monastic buildings, including the chapel, beehive cells, and the graveyard. These are now in the care of Historic Scotland.
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