Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 60, 28/4/1993.
Local news including complaints about CalMac, the EU`s Integrated Administration and Control System, the disposal of animal carcasses, corncrakes, Kilkenneth 1 by Sandy MacKinnon, Council Tax charges for second homes, the weather and news from the dentist, the Crofters Union, the youth and golf clubs.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 30, 30/10/1991.
Local news including complaints about CalMac`s services, the new hall committee, articles about geese and corncrakes by Andy Knight, RSPB, delay of implementation of new food regulations, Kilmoluaig – part 3 by Sandy MacKinnon, Murray Omand`s retirement and news from the golf and regatta clubs.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 61, 12/5/1993.
Local news including the shared taxi/local bus service, article about a Gaelic survey by Dr John Holliday, the risks of cataracts, Kilkenneth 2 by Sandy MacKinnon, corncrakes, a visit by CalMac managers in the summer, and news from the feis.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 31, 13/11/1991.
Local news including the lack of public transport on Tiree, Kilmoluaig – part 4 by Sandy MacKinnon, the library at the school and a message from the local policeman about using seat belts.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 62, 26/5/1993.
Local news including the wreckage of Chay Blyth`s boat in Port a` Mhuilinn, the re-assessment of Council Tax Valuation Banding, the weather, coastal erosion, Kilkenneth 3 by Sandy MacKinnon, trees on Tiree, the sighting of a golden eagle at Milton and the forthcoming botanical survey of Tiree.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 65, 25/8/1993.
Local news including speeding through Crossapol, CalMac summer timetable, retiral of manager Cathie Omand from the Co-op, improvements in the local bus service, speech by Fiona MacKinnon, Kirkapol, at a `Transport for Independent Living` conference, the privatisation of the Post Office and Kilkenneth by Sandy MacKinnon.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 32, 27/11/1991.
Local news including forthcoming visit from CalMac representative, restricted petrol supplies at Balemartine, the Hynish Centre, changes in the school tuck shop, Cornaigmore – part 1 by Sandy MacKinnon and a meeting between the Crofters Union and the RSPB to discuss Environmentally Sensitive Areas on Tiree.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 63, 8/6/1993.
Local news including appeals against Council Tax Banding, the proposed privatisation of CalMac, the value of regular exercise by the doctor, Kilkenneth 4 by Sandy MacKinnon, the weather, SNH grants, Gaelic Partnerships, the Corncrake Intitiative, BBC visit to Hynish, and news from the feis, Sandaig museum and the windsurfing club.
Newspaper cutting about shortage of petrol on Tiree.
Article about the shortage of petrol on Tiree with photographs of Alison Petrie of Scarinish Hotel, Morvern MacLean of Crossapol, Henry Rutter of Balemartine shop, Harriet MacLean and Sandy MacKinnon (Sandaidh a` Ghobhainn).
Kilkenneth smiddy
Photograph of the smiddy at Kilkenneth in the early 20th century.
Courtesy of Mr Sandy MacKinnon
In the Highlands and Islands, horses were used for transport and agricultural work, unlike the Lowlands where oxen were used as draught animals. Of great value to the local people, native ponies fetched £3 to £9 at the end of the 18th century.
The numbers of horses on the island between 1870 and 1945 varied from 400 to 550, enough to support at least nine smiddies which were situated at Kilkenneth, Kilmoluaig, Balephetrish, Gott, Caoles, Balinoe, Hynish and Cornaigbeg, where there were two.
In addition to shoeing horses, blacksmiths repaired agricultural implements such as ploughs and harrows, made hinges and latches for wooden gates, hand tools like sickles and pitchforks, and other metal objects like swees for hanging cooking pots over a fire.
Black and white of the smiddy at Kilkenneth in the early 20th century,
The smiddy at Kilkenneth in the late 19th early 20th century. The blacksmith on the right is the father of Sandy MacKinnon (Sandaidh a` Ghobhainn).
