River Moyola

St. Moi bade his disciples disperse to their homes, and Columcille went northwards to Tirconnell.

When he reached the stream of Moyola, he prayed earnestly that God might stay the plague on the southern bank of the river and spare the country of his people.

His prayer was heard, and the terrible scourge forbore to cross the water.

Columba was now 25 years of age, and his friends and kinsmen earnestly desired that he should found a church and monastery in their own country.