Our Lady Star of the Sea, Castlebay, Barra
Address: , Castlebay , HS9 5XD
Local Authority: Western Isles
Listing: B
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Church Overview
Up to 1888 the island’s sole Catholic Church had been St. Brendan’s at Craigston. In 1886 the Castlebay merchant, Neil MacNeil, bequeathed the sum of eight hundred pounds for building a church. The architect was Woulfe Brenan of Oban and the church opened on Christmas Eve 1886. In 1891 a bell and clock were added to the church tower – paid for by money collected locally.
The church has a nave and wide side aisles and a square tower and is built of the local granite. Statue by Dupon of Bruges of Our Lady Star of the Sea. Stained glass of crucifixion in sanctuary, and of Our Lady Star of the Sea installed as war memorial in early 1950s. Bell in tower; the clock chimes the hour during day and night.
Services
Sunday: 11.30 am
Opening Arrangements
Open daily
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