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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 Scottish Gaelic: Càirinis
Free Church at Cairinis
Carinish Location within the Outer Hebrides
Language	Scottish Gaelic English
OS grid reference	NF820604
Civil parish	North Uist
Council area	Na h-Eileanan Siar
Lieutenancy area	Western Isles
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	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Scottish Parliament	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
List of places UK Scotland 57.522°N 7.312°W / 57.522; -7.312

History

Carinish Stone Circle

Carinish 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

Trinity 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

The 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

• 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

Carinish 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
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  The Teampull na Trionad
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  The Graveyard of the Teampull na Trionad

References

External links

• Undiscovered Scotland - Carinish
• Canmore - North Uist, Carinish site record
• Canmore - North Uist, Carinish, Caravat Barp site record

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