The local clerical tradition of literally tending a flock of sheep, as disclosed by Bishop Joseph Toal in his Motherwell installation homily, continues in the northerly South Uist parish of St Michael’s in Argyll and the Isles where he once served. Current parish priest Fr Michael MacDonald told us that he looks after around 100 Dutch Texel sheep on the 50-acre croft that has been managed by the church since it was built in 1829 at Ardkenneth. “They are a valuable source of income t