MD recording of the first part of a talk about Tiree lore in An Talla on 31/3/2006.
Talk in An Talla on 31st March 2006 about Tiree lore, introduced by Dr Margaret MacKay and featuring, among others, Angus MacLean of Scarinish, Dr John Holliday, Duncan Grant of Ruaig and Alasdair Sinclair of Brock. (Continued on AC405)
CD `Voices – Tiree, Part 1` recorded by the BBC in An Iodhlann in February 2005.
BBC recording of Iain MacKinnon, Maggie Campbell, Jean MacCallum, Angus MacLean and Mairi Campbell talking about Tiree words in An Iodhlann in February 2005.
CD `Voices – Tiree, Part 2` recorded by the BBC in An Iodhlann in February 2005.
BBC recording of Iain MacKinnon, Maggie Campbell, Jean MacCallum, Angus MacLean and Mairi Campbell talking about Tiree words in An Iodhlann in February 2005.
Collection of newspaper cuttings from 1957 – 1965.
Collection of newspaper cuttings from 1957-1965, copies of which were previously accessioned under 1998.182.
Ring binder titles `A Study Tour of the Ross of Mull`.
Account of visit to Ross of Mull in 1999 by committee members of An Iodhlann, the cattle trade from Tiree to Mull by Maggie Campbell, Tiree and Bunessan connections by Angus MacLean, Tyree peat in the Ross of Mull by Mary MacLean and a poem `Gael force` by Donneil Kennedy.
Printout from donor`s website about the Volunteer Fire Brigade on Tiree.
Information about the Volunteer Fire Brigade in Tiree stationed at Scarinish and Balemartine between 1938 and 1998.
Two old men over a hundred
Sound clip in English of Angus MacLean telling a humorous anecdote about two old men over a hundred.
Courtesy of Mr Angus MacLean
In a discussion about families living in Caoles in 1881 recorded by Dr John Holliday in June 2004, Angus MacLean of Scarinish tells a humorous anecdote about two old men in Caoles to Alasdair Sinclair and Duncan Grant.
At the time of the story, the two men – Iain MacLean and Ruaraidh MacDonald – were both over a hundred years old. Caoles was mainly unfenced and, despite his age, Iain’s job was to keep the animals within the township boundaries and out of the crops. This was not without precedent.
The Statistical Account of the 1790s recorded ten islanders over ninety and one over a hundred. ‘The Tiry-man above 100, was allowed to be 106, at his death, in spring last. Except for the last 7 years he supported himself and wife by herding. His liveliness appeared to the last, not only by walking but dancing.’
Mini-disk recording of Angus MacLean, Scarinish talking to Dr John Holliday in June 2004.
Angus MacLean of Scarinish talking to Dr John Holliday in June 2004 about Caoles families in the 1881 census, with Duncan Grant and Alasdair Sinclair.
Mini-disk recording of Angus MacLean of Scarinish talking to Dr John Holliday on 6th April 2004.
Angus MacLean of Scarinish talks to Dr John Holliday about a list of Gaelic words that are going out of use; includes some stories including one about the last changeling of Tiree.
Click here for 2004.36.1 Gaelic transcription and 2004.36.1 English translation by Anna MacDonald, Ruaig.
Photocopied handwritten list of Gaelic words going out of usage.
List of some 120 Gaelic words going out of use, compiled by Angus MacLean of Scarinish (see 2004.36.1 AC346).
