An t-sines Mhuileach

In Spring 2026, we are looking forward to welcoming artist Eòghann Mac Colla to Campbeltown Museum to undertake the final Ceanglan Chaluim Chille residency. Ceanglan Chaluim Chille is part of a pilot programme running from Winter 2025 to Spring 2026, exploring cultural links between Ireland and Scotland and inspired by the legacy of Colmcille (St. Columba). Ceanglan Chaluim Chille is inspired by and draws on the legacy of Colmcille in Argyll and Bute. Designed based on the outcomes of Cuairt Chaluim Chille (Touring St. Columba), delivered by CHARTS 2023-2024, the project further develops collaboration between Argyll and Ireland through shared cultural themes across borders. 

Read about Eòghann Mac Colla's work below:

Information

Last August, I attended part of Alastair Whyte’s Ceanglan Chaluim Chille residency at KNOCKvologan, on Mull, where I gathered rich material from a variety of sources. In response to my time on Mull, I used the materials collected, including images made with a kids' digital camera and its heat-source printer, and the words I had written to make three zines, an t-sines Mhuileach. 

Ros na Muileach I & II

Meandering around Fionnphort, we discovered a person who was connected to us. There are two zines about him. Ros na Muileach I and Ros na Muileach II. His father erected a Ballchulish slate gravestone to his life in the cladh at Fionnphort on the Ross of Mull. John MacPherson was lost at sea off Tory Island and Donegal; nineteen days later, his body came to rest in Fionnphort. He never left home, he never went abroad. Iain bhochd, tha sinne uile còmhla ris. 

Taobh Loch Pòit na-Idhe

Taobh Loch Pòit na-Idhe. Since the earliest times, the loch was a place to catch fish and a water source for the Ìtheach. The loch's name tells us this. Similarly, if we listen, we hear the voices; if we listen, they are there in the spaces they left. They will tell us, on the sea and the land. They are there beyond the other voices, if we listen. There are caravans in the settlement, and Ernan’s Cill’ is there by the loch; he came from Tory. They say one of the islands on the loch has a crannog.

Instructions

Zine 1 Ros Na Muile (Front). Credit Eòghann Mac Colla

Zine 1 Ros Na Muile (Back). Credit Eòghann Mac Colla

Zine 2 Ros Na Muile (Front).Credit Eòghann Mac Colla

Zine 2 Ros Na Muile (Back)Credit Eòghann Mac Colla

Zine 3 Loch Pòit Na Idhe (Front). Credit Eòghann Mac Colla

Please be sure to print both sides on the same sheet of paper; A4 or A3 will both work. Fold the pages into eighths, then cut across the two middle sections to turn the paper into a zine (video example here).

- Eòghann Mac Colla

If you wish to share your examples, email info@chartsargyllandisles.org with the subject line An t-sines Mhuileach.

This text was created and translated by Eòghann Mac Colla. All zines are credited to Eòghann Mac Colla.

Ceanglan Chaluim Chille is funded by Bòrd na Gàidhlig, Foras na Gaeilge and Colmcille, with further support from Argyll and Bute Council, liveArgyll and Creative Scotland.