
Aig 11.00 Disathairne 19 Cèitean thèid dithis ainmeil à sgìre Mhùrlagain faisg air an Drochaid Ruadh a chuimhneachadh aig seirbheis shònraichte anns an t-seann eaglais eireachdail aig Cille Choirill anns an Drochaid Ruadh. Bidh Teàrlach Ceanadach BP cuideachd a’ gabhail pàirt.
Le taic sagart Caitligeach na sgìre, Monsignor Tòmas Wynne, tha Comunn Gàidhlig Inbhir Nis air cuimhneachan a stèidheachadh anns an eaglais a chomharrachadh na h-uaighe, aig doras caibeal Chille Choirill, aig Bàrd na Ceapaich Dòmhnall Fionnlagh MacPhilip, Dòmhnall Mac Fhionnlaigh nan Dàn a sgrìobh Òran na Comhachaig. Tha an cuimhneachan cuideachd a’ comharrachadh gun do thadhail tè de shliochd Chloinn ‘icPhilip Mhùrlagain air an Drochaid Ruadh ann an 1873. B’ ise an neach-teagaisg ainmeil Astràilianach am Màthair Màiri Crois Pheathraichean Naoimh Eòsaph a chaidh a naomhachadh san Ròimh ann an 2010 mar Naomh Màiri na Croise NicPhilip.
Bidh Cathraiche Chomunn Gàidhlig Inbhir Nis Ailean Caimbeul os cionn na seirbheis Disathairne agus an dèidh beagan a chluinntinn mu eachdraidh na cùise, thèid an cuimhneachan fhoillseachadh gu h-oifigeil le Sister Therese a tha na ball den òrdan dam buineadh an Naomh Màiri. Bidh Monsignor Wynne, an tuathanach ionadail Ronnie Caimbeul, agus am pìobaire Dòmhnall Seathach cuideachd a’ gabhail pàirt.
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At 11.00 a.m. on Saturday 19th May two famous natives of Murlagan near Roy Bridge will be remembered at a special service at the ancient and beautiful church of Cille Choirill in Roy Bridge, and Charles Kennedy MP will participate.
With support from the local Roman Catholic priest Monsignor Tom Wynne, the Gaelic Society of Inverness has erected a memorial plaque in the church to record the interment at the door of Cille Choirill Chapel of the Keppoch Bard Donald Finlay MacKillop, Dòmhnall Mac Fhionnlaigh nan Dàn, always remembered for his Òran na Comhachaig (Song of the owl). The memorial also records the visit to Roybridge in 1873 of the renowned Australian teacher Mother Mary of the Cross of the Sisters of St Joseph who was canonised in Rome in 2010 as Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop, and who was a descendant of the MacKillops of Murlagan.
At Saturday’s short ceremony led by GSI Chairman Allan Campbell, the background to the memorial will be explained and the plaque will be formally unveiled by Sister Therese a member of Saint Mary’s order. Monsignor Wynne, local farmer Ronnie Campbell and piper Donald Shaw will also take part in the service.
There is a bus going to Lochaber for the service leaving Inverness at 8.15am – please email shona@gsi.org.uk or telephone 01463792318 if you would like to reserve a place on the bus. The ceremony at Cille Choirill Church is at 11am and in the afternoon there will be visits to places of interest and a lunch at Spean Bridge.