St Columba's Chapel sign. The Roman Catholic Church of St Columba on Canna, a small Island in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland


St Columba's Catholic Church. The Island of Canna. From 1938 to 1981 Canna was the property of noted Gaelic folklorists John Lorne Campbell and Margaret Fay Shaw Campbell. In 1981 they transferred ownership to the National Trust for Scotland. died in 1994. Mrs Campbell lived on the island until her death on 11th December 2004 at the age of 101. She lived at Canna House, where there is a substantial archive of traditional Gaelic material gathered in the Hebrides. Today the main island is operated by the Trust as a single livestock farm, with conservation in mind and particularly the encouragement of rare species like corncrakes and sea eagles. Sanday is crofted by some of the inhabitants.


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