Carinish (Scottish Gaelic: Càirinis), is a hamlet on North Uist, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is in the south of the island, about two miles (three kilometres) from the causeway to Benbecula. The hamlet is known for the Carinish Stone Circle and the Trinity Temple. Carinish is within the parish of North Uist[1] and is situated on the A865.[2]
Carinish
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 Free Church at Cairinis | |
  Carinish Location within the Outer Hebrides | |
| Language | Scottish Gaelic English |
| OS grid reference | NF820604 |
| Civil parish | |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ISLE OF NORTH UIST |
| Postcode district | HS6 |
| Dialling code | 01876 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
History
editCarinish Stone Circle
editCarinish Stone Circle is not in good condition – it has the A865 main road running almost through the middle of it.[3] About 50 metres to the north, a Neolithic settlement was found.
Trinity Temple
editTrinity Temple or Teampall na Trionad is the ruins of a 13th-century Augustinian nunnery and "college of learning". It is written in the Red Book of Clanranald that the nunnery was founded by Bethóc, the Prioress of Iona Nunnery and the daughter of Somerled, the ancestor of the Chiefs of Clan MacDougall, the Lords of the Isles, Clan Donald, Clan MacRory, and Clan MacAlister.[4][5] After probably being enlarged in the late 14th century by Amy MacRuari, divorcee of John, Lord of the Isles,[5] it was again enlarged in the 16th century, and restored in the 19th century, after it was destroyed during the Scottish Reformation. Admission is free and it is open at all times.
Battle of Carinish
editThe Battle of Carinish, which was fought between the warriors of Clan MacDonald of Sleat and Clan MacLeod of Dunvegan, took place near the ruins of the nunnery in 1601.[6]
People connected with Carinish
edit- Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna (1887-1967), during his childhood, the Scottish Gaelic Bard and war poet, attended the district school at Carinish, as he later described in his poem Òran na Sgoilearan ("The Song of the Schoolchildren").[7]
Carinish Inn
editCarinish contains the modern Carinish Inn, once a landmark hotel in North Uist, which in 2008 was sold to the Free Church of Scotland to be transformed into a church.[8]
Gallery
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Carinish with the battlefield -
The Teampull na Trionad -
The Graveyard of the Teampull na Trionad
References
edit- ^ "Details of Carinish". Scottish Places. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "A865/North Uist". Sabre. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "North Uist, Carinish". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ Bill Lawson (2004), North Uist in History and Legend, Birlinn. Page 79.
- ^ a b "North Uist, Carinish, Teampull Na Trionaid". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "North Uist, Carinish, Feith Na Fala". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ Domhnall Ruadh Choruna, (1995), pages 144-147.
- ^ "19 November 2008: Carinish Inn, North Uist, Western Isles". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
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