St Michael's Church (also known as St Michael's of the Sea) is a Category C listed building in Eriskay, South Uist, Scotland. Of Roman Catholic denomination and built on the initiative of iconic poet and folklorist Fr. Allan MacDonald (1859-1905), who remains of the most important figures in modern Scottish Gaelic literature, the church dates from 1903.
Exterior
The church is a plain Gothic apsidal church with an adjoining presbytery. It stands on a hill overlooking the village from the north. It is built of coursed square rubble, with contrasting painted margins and long and short dressings. The porch at the south end of the east wall has a pointed doorway and a corbelled apex belfry. It has a cross finial, and its roof is made of slate.
Interior
Inside there is a triple-arched chancel screen. The altar is supported on a boat's bow, with a ship's lamp on a nearby column. The stone font in the porch may be from an earlier building. The iron bell to the northeast, on an iron frame, is from the SMS Derfflinger. It was recovered from Scapa Flow.
Gallery
See also
List of listed buildings in South Uist
References
External links
Eriskay, St. Michael – Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll and the Isles
Churches in the Outer Hebrides
Roman Catholic churches in Scotland
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings
Category C listed buildings in the Outer Hebridies
Listed churches in Scotland
19th-century establishments in Scotland
