While we were in Bagnone we visited the nearby town of Pontetremelo (The bridge which trembles.) In the church there we were surprised to see a really Irish looking statue, and sure enough it was of St. Columbanus.

Next to it was a copy of a much older image of the same saint (with another one on board it seems)going by boat, leaving behind the lush green hills of Ireland en route for Bobbio which he converted.
Sure we never lost it !