GAELIC 

In 1843, when Angus McBean and the congregation of the Gaelic Parish Church came out from the Establishment, they first worshipped in Duncan Street burying-ground, and afterwards for nearly a year in the Old West Kirk. Their church in Jamaica Street was opened in 1844. They removed to St Thomas' Church in 1910. Ministers - Angus McBean, 1843-5; John McRae, 1849-57; John Kennedy, 1859-70; M. Maccaskill, 1873-84; John Campbell, 1885; Don. Campbell, 1910.

Donald Campbell was at Malta for four months of the war as chaplain to the troops. He wrote letters to the local newspapers and on his return he gave a talk to a packed out church on his experiences there

We have identified as many of this congregation as possibly - though as you may realise - it can be difficult to distinguish between the man "Macs" that are inevitably part of a Gaelic Church. Also some of the dates seem to differ from dates we may have.