St Barrs RC Church -- Barra - Interior
Dedicated to St Barr and situated by the old natural harbour and consecrated by the Bishop of Argyll and the Isles in 1907. Pontifical High Mass was sung, for the first time on record in Barra, by the Bishop, with Father MacDougall, of Daliburgh, as assistant priest, Father Cameron, of Benbecula and Father MacNeill of Eriskay, as deacon and sub deacon respectively. The building has six tall lancet windows on each side, and a large triple lancet window in the south gable (as seen above). It was designed by G Woulfe Brenan in 1906 (who was likewise the designer of the Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea in Castlebay), with a large porch and vestry added 1919. Small bellcote on porch. The church has a peaceful atmosphere and the coloured glass windows create a serene sense of the sacred.