Thomas Owen Clancy
In 2001 and following Professor Dumville's paper in "Gildas: new approaches" , Clancy argued that St . Ninian was a Northumbrian spin-off of the name "Uinniau" ( Irish St Finnian ) , the Irish missionary to whom St . Columba was a disciple , who in Great Britain was associated with Whithorn . 
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