Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 68, 6/10/1993.
Local news including a road accident at Baugh, an open letter to the hall committee by Sandy MacKinnon, article about safety at work by the doctor, the arrival of new teacher Pat Campbell, corncrakes by Gwen Evans RSPB, and news from the feis and the Hynish Centre.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 36, 12/2/1992.
Local news including the malfunction of the disinfection system of the mains water, Cornaigbeg by Sandy MacKinnon, proposed Roll of Honour for WWII, Gaelic tapes from Tiree Heritage Society, and news from NFU, the feis and the Hynish Centre.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 70, 17/11/1993.
Local news including the retiral of Councillor Donnie Campbell, the road at Baugh, letter from Donneil Kennedy, letter and article by Sandy MacKinnon, possible Disabled Forum for Tiree, news from the gun club, a recipe for whiskey cake and an article about geese from SNH.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 39, 25/3/1992.
Local news including the continuing petrol crisis, increase in air fares and technical problems with the Twin Otter, the designatiom of Tiree as an ESA, School Board news, Cornaigmore – part 4 by Sandy MacKinnon and memories of Tiree in the 1930s by Meena Knapman.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 71, 1/12/1993.
Local news including the third attempt in a year to form a Community Council, sand dune erosion caused by windsurfers, the craft fair at the Lodge, the upgrading of the airport, the weather, Greenhill by Sandy MacKinnon, and news from the Gaelic choir and the playgroups.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, Summer 1987.
Local news including nursing beds at Taigh a` Ruadh, township dumps, the Hebridean Trust`s purchase of part of the Skerryvore complex at Hynish, NFU report, Gaelic poem by Sandy MacKinnon, contribution by Rev George Donaldson and news from the Boys Brigade, WRI, golf club and the school.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 40, 8/4/1992.
Local news including the general election, the risks of skin cancer and cataracts, the proposed community buy-out of Sruthan Stores, campaign news from MP Ray Michie, an article on recycling by Elizabeth Robertson, Cornaigmore part 5 by Sandy MacKinnon, and news from the NFU, the regatta club and the feis.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 75, 15/2/1994.
Local news including the planning application for a wind turbine at Baugh, road accidents, article about shipwrecks by Sandy MacKinnon, the weekend stay at the Hynish centre by the Gaelic Unit and news from the feis, the regatta club, Tiree Art Enterprise and the Crofters Union.
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).
