Editing Iona (section)

== Media and the arts ==
[[Samuel Johnson]] wrote "That man is little to be envied whose patriotism would not gain force upon the [[Battle of Marathon|plains of Marathon]] or whose piety would not grow warmer amid the ruins of Iona."<ref>Johnson (1775) p. 217</ref>

In [[Jules Verne]]'s novel ''[[The Green Ray]]'', the heroes visit Iona in chapters 13 to 16. The inspiration is romantic, the ruins of the island are conducive to daydreaming. The young heroine, Helena Campbell, argues that Scotland in general and Iona in particular are the scene of the appearance of goblins and other familiar demons.

In [[Jean Raspail]]'s novel ''The Fisherman's Ring'' (1995), his cardinal is one of the last to support the antipope [[Antipope Benedict XIII|Benedict XIII]] and his successors.

In the novel ''The Carved Stone'' (by [[Guillaume Prévost]]), the young Samuel Faulkner is projected in time as he searches for his father and lands on Iona in the year 800, then threatened by the Vikings.

"Peace of Iona" is a song written by [[Mike Scott (Scottish musician)|Mike Scott]] that appears on the studio album ''[[Universal Hall]]'' and on the live recording ''[[Karma to Burn (The Waterboys album)|Karma to Burn]]'' by [[The Waterboys]]. Iona is the setting for the song "Oran" on the 1997 [[Steve McDonald (Celtic music)|Steve McDonald]] album ''Stone of Destiny''.

Iona is featured prominently in the first episode ("By the Skin of Our Teeth") of the celebrated arts series ''[[Civilisation: A Personal View by Kenneth Clark]]'' (1969).

The [[Academy Award]]–nominated Irish animated film ''[[The Secret of Kells]]'' is about the creation of the [[Book of Kells]]. One of the characters, Brother Aidan, is a master [[Limner|illuminator]] from Iona Abbey who had helped to illustrate the Book, but had to escape the island with it during a Viking invasion.

[[Neil Gaiman]]'s poem "In Relig Odhrain", published in ''Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances (2015)'', retells the story of Oran's death, and the creation of the chapel on Iona.  This poem was made into a short stop-motion animated film, released in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegraveofsaintoran.com/|title=The Grave of St Oran|access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref>