Trinity Temple - Teampull na Trionaid

Trinity Temple - Teampull na Trionaid

This exhibition, ‘Ceòl Uibhist a Tuath’, takes a look at the music of North Uist through the ages. We journey through the works of John MacCodrum and Dòmhnall ‘Ruadh’ Choruna, who still influence present-day musicians, such as singers Julie Fowlis, Linda MacLeod and the band Beinn Lee, who have played major roles in modernising the tradition. Songwriters, Calum and Rory MacDonald, are known the world over; their influence is international as part of the band Runrig. Here you will find poetry, music, song, piping, dance-music and field-workers, who played an important role in the preservation of oral and written works. Music’s influence on the fashion of the day is also apparent, as the photographs will testify. This, however, is the beginning of a journey that aims to identify and preserve home recordings, tapes, video, film, photographs and other materials from within the local community. Undoubtedly, there are many priceless items tucked away in drawers, cupboards, lofts, sheds, out of sight and mind. We hope that discoveries will ensure that the story of ‘Ceòl Uibhist a Tuath’ will continue to evolve through the work of the Comann Eachdraidh.

2021

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Reconstruction

1530

In Copyright (InC)

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Open Virtual Worlds Team University of St Andrews

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Following extensive historical research and collaboration with specialists, 3D models are created and imported into UNREAL Engine (a cross-platform game engine for creating virtual worlds). Models are textured, scaled, oriented and assembled. Scenes are created and populated with appropriate objects, including furniture and artefacts. Landscapes populated with flora and fauna. Weather settings and atmospheric lighting. Where applicable, models of characters, animals or 3D digitised artefacts were imported and animated.

Teampull na Trionaid ‘s origins are uncertain, but it was possibly built c1200 AD on an earlier site. The roofless ruins are attributed by the book of the Clan Ranald to the Iona prioress, Beathag, daughter of Somerled. The chapel is reputed to have been enlarged in the late 14th century and was still in use up until the early 18th century. The burial ground is enclosed by a circular enclosing wall of c. 18th-century date. The structural remains comprise a Church and the McVicar Chapel; the first is a large rectangular structure aligned east-west west with the smaller rectangular McVicar Chapel situated on the north side. The two chapels are about 1.5m apart and are connected by a passage which is bonded to either building. A burial enclosure is butted onto the southern wall of the church on its southwestern corner. - CFA Archaeological Report

Norman MacLeod (Taigh Chearsabhagh) Donald MacQuarrie

Sarah Kenndy ( University of St Andrews)

12th - 13thC