St Oran's Church was a Gaelic-speaking congregation of the Church of Scotland in Edinburgh. Originating in the early 18th-century, the congregation continued until 1948, latterly meeting at Broughton Street.
The congregation's last meeting-place, at Broughton Street
When Neil McVicar, a Gaelic-speaking Highlander, became minister of the West Kirk in 1707, its parish may have contained three to four hundred monolingual Gaelic speakers
A plaque on Johnston Terrace, marking the site of the Gaelic Chapel
Plan of the first Gaelic Chapel, Chapel Wynd
The Highland Church was a Gaelic-speaking congregation of the Church of Scotland, based in Tollcross, Edinburgh. Formed by the union of St Oran's Church and St Columba's Gaelic Church in 1948, the congregation continued united with Tolbooth St John's in 1956.
Highland Church
St Columba's First World War memorial, now housed in Greyfriars Kirk
Tolbooth St John's, with which the Highland Church united in 1956
The Traverse Theatre, constructed on the site of the Highland Church; the Usher Hall is visible on the right