Two minidisk recodings of the Feis Old New Year ceilidh at the Rural Centre on 12/1/2008.
Two minidisk recordings of the Feis Old New Year ceilidh held in the Cobbled Cow at the Rural Centre on 12 January 2008. (As master copies, given to Dr Holliday)
Two photographs of the flags outside An Talla during A` Bhuain.
Two photographs of the flags outside An Talla during A` Bhuain, taken by Dr John Holliday in May 2006.
Tombstone of Farquhar Frazer, Dean of the Isles
Photograph of the tombstone of Farquhar Frazer, Dean of the Isles, in the graveyard at Kirkapol.
In this photograph of the graveyard at Kirkapol, the table-tomb in the foreground has round its margins an inscription which, when translated from the Latin, reads: ‘Here lies Mr Farquhar Frazer, Dean of the Isles, who died on 14 February 1680 aged 74.’
According to the Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Frazer became ‘preacher in Sir Lachlan MacLean’s Regiment in 1645 under Montrose, for which he was debarred from his charge and stipend and plundered by Campbell of Ardnamurchan…’
‘He was the first minister who constantly preached here [in Tiree] and was very diligent among his people, not only in matters of faith and religion but in secular subjects also. It is said that at his coming [in 1633] only three persons (all MacLeans) could write their names.’
Colour photograph of Dean Farquhar Frazer`s tombstone at Kirkapol graveyard.
Table-tomb of Farquhar Frazer, Dean of the Isles, at Kirkapol graveyard, photographed by Dr John Holliday in 2006. The inscription round the margin, when translated from the Latin, reads: ‘Here lies Mr Farquhar Frazer, Dean of the Isles, who died on 14 February 1680 aged 74.’
Cross-decorated stone in Soroby graveyard
Photograph of a cross-decorated stone in Soroby graveyard.
Dating from the Early Christian period, i.e. from the 5th to 12th century, this gravestone in Soroby cemetery at Balinoe bears crosses in bold relief on both sides. The edges of the stone and crosses are decorated with heavy cable-moulding.
The front of the stone (not shown) faces east and is carved with a Latin cross, in the centre of which is a massive round boss. There are two crudely shaped serpents in the upper arm. The back is decorated with a ring-headed cross.
The stone stands 1.25 metres high and measures 0.8 metres at its widest and 0.25 metres in depth, excluding the boss on the front. The socket-stone in which it stands is below ground
Colour photograph of a cross-decorated stone in Soroby graveyard.
Cross-decorated stone in Soroby graveyard, photographed by Dr John Holliday in 2006.
The power station at Crossapol
Photograph of the power station at Crossapol in 2006.
Electricity was first generated on Tiree during World War II. Five power stations with diesel generators were constructed – one at Gott, two at Hough and two at Crossapol – to service the numerous RAF installations on the island. After the war, the power station beside the airfield was purchased from the Air Ministry and brought into civilian use in the 1950s.
In the late 1980s Tiree and Coll were connected to the national grid by undersea cable from Mull and the diesel generators were used only as a stand-by. In 2002 the cable was replaced and the overhead line network and Tiree power station were refurbished at a cost of £2 million.
During the hurricane in January 2005, the undersea cable stretching across Gunna Sound between Tiree and Coll was broken. The Tiree station generated the island’s electricity for several months until the cable was repaired.
Colour photograph of Tiree Power Station.
Tiree Power Station, photographed by Dr John Holliday in 2006.
Colour photograph of the start of the very first Tiree 10K run in 2006, taken by Dr John Holliday.
Start of the 10K run in 2006 photographed by Dr John Holliday. L-R: unknown, Caroline MacLean; starter Robert Trythall; Rosie Kelso; unknown.
Colour photograph of runners on the Tiree 10K run in 2006, taken by Dr John Holliday.
Runners on the Tiree 10K run at Heylipol, photographed by Dr John Holliday. L-R: Sarah Holliday, unknown; Jane Isaacson; Jane Williams.
Colour photograph of visiting runners on the Tiree 10K run in 2006, taken by Dr John Holliday.
Visiting runners on the Tiree 10K run in 2006 approaching the finish at An Talla, photographed by Dr John Holliday.
Colour photograph of the finishing line of the Tiree 10K run in 2006.
The finishing line of the 2006 Tiree 10K run at An Talla, photographed by Dr John Holliday.
Three colour photographs of the Tiree 10K in 2006.
Three colour photographs of the Tiree 10K in 2006, taken by Dr John Holliday: Policeman taking Danny Lapsley taking a photograph of John Holliday, and the 1K and 9K markers at Balevullin and Balinoe beach.
