 Catholic Emancipation in 1793 helped Catholics regain civil rights.In 1878, the Catholic hierarchy was formally restored.Throughout these changes, several pockets in Scotland retained a significant pre-Reformation Catholic population, including parts of Banffshire, the Hebrides, and more northern parts of the Highlands, in Galloway at Terregles House, Munches House, Kirkconnell House, New Abbey and Parton House and at Traquair in Peebleshire.