Eòghann Mac Colla, who is in the final stages of the MA Contemporary Art & Archaeology, is currently exhibiting new work at the Hunter Saville Gallery in the Isle of Cumbrae.
Suðreyjar, the Old Norse name for the Kingdom of the Isles – a Norse-Gael kingdom comprising of the Isle of Man, the Hebrides and including the islands of the Clyde. From the 9th to the 13th centuries. The Gall Ghàidheal were a people of Gaelic and Norse ancestry and culture. They emerged in the Viking age when Norse settled in Ireland and Scotland, became gaelicised and intermarried with Gaels. The work references the antiquity of that rich and varied heritage.
In parallel, Innse Gall, one of the Gaelic names for the Hebrides and one that connects to the same shared heritage seemed like the best name to use for our western islands, including Arran and Cumbrae, in the broadest sense.
Suðreyjar | Innse Gall is a print edition that acknowledges this and runs at the Millport gallery until June 27, 2026.
