Portree
PORTREE, Isle of Skye, Highland, Cille Mhoire, Our Lady of the Assumption (2000, 2006).
Rev. Ronald Campbell BA PGDE BTh (2019)
Rev. Deacon Anthony E. Livesey BMedSc MB ChB (2020)
Postal address: St. Mary’s, Viewfield Square, Portree, Isle of Skye IV51 9HB
01478) 613227
Email: portree@rcdai.org.uk
Web: www.rcskye.org
Sunday: 10am.
Holy Day of Obligation: Vigil-Mass 7pm; 10am.
Confessions: Sunday 9.15-9.45am; on request.
Estimated Catholic population: 250.
Served: Portree Hospital, Broadford Hospital; Home Farm Care Home
The Church building in Portree was provided by the MacDonald Family who had a farmhouse on the site of the present car park.
The house had a Chapel which was large enough to accommodate the very few Catholics in Skye at that time. However, as the house fell into disrepair the land was gifted to the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles. Some of it was subsequently sold to the Local Authority and that is why the Church is now surrounded by houses. The parcel of land where the Church now is remains in the hands of the Diocese. The original Church was built in the early 1960’s and was of very simple construction.
However the inside of the Church had a spiritual quality which was maintained over the years by the parishioners.