NEAR the top of a half-submerged mountain, jutting out of the Atlantic on the south-western tip of Ireland, stands a set of monastic remains that present historians with a puzzle.

• 小组的成立使吉本斯信心大增，他说自己的看法值得其他人一听。比如，他最近新发现了一条穿越该岛的朝圣路线，该路线与已知的两条路线相连。