Magazine article in Gaelic about Hector MacPhail, Ruaig (1945-2000), by Martin MacDonald and published in North 7 in 1978. The article is titled ‘Eachunn MacPhail, iasgair Thriodh’ and is about fishing and the harbour. Includes a photograph of Hector aged about 33.
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Township history for Caoles researched and written by Hector MacPhail.
Information about prominent people and places in Caoles – Caoles smiddy, Neil MacDonald, Calum MacDonald, corn mill at Milton, master mariners, ministers, bards, the Camerons of Miodar, the MacDonalds of Milton, emigrants, the MacLeans of Caoles, An Acarsaid, Lonamar.
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Township history for Circeabol / Kirkapol researched and written by Hector MacPhail.
Information about prominent people in Circeabol / Kirkapol – Lodge Farm, Rev. Hector MacKinnon, the MacFadyen family of No. 1 Kirkapol, Hector MacFadyen, Hector Lamont, ministers and master mariners.
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Township history for Goirtean-Dhomhnaill / Barrapol researched and written by Hector MacPhail.
Information about prominent people in Goirtean-Dhomhnaill / Barrapol by croft numbers 1-12, and houses on The Land.
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Letter about the Cornaigmore Mill and Tiree doctors, 1997
Photocopy of a letter from the Argyll & Bute archivist, Murdo MacDonald, to Hector MacPail, Ruaig, dated 26 March 1997, regarding information about millers at the Cornaigmore meal mill from 1864 to the 1920s, and doctors between 1911 and 1929.
Audio recording of Hector MacPhail talking at Vaul Golf Club in 1998
Hector MacPhail, Ruaig, talks about sea captains from Tiree and other subjects, at Vaul Golf Club on 20th November 1998. (continued on AC74)
Audio recording of Hector MacPhail talking at Vaul Golf Club, 1998
Hector MacPhail, Ruaig, talks about sea captains from Tiree and other subjects, at Vaul Golf Club on 20th November 1998. (continued from AC73)
Archive film from the 1980s about `Two Men of Tiree`
DVD film from the Scottish Screen Archive about `Two Men of Tiree`. Filmed in the 1980s, colour, sound. The two men are Gavin Carter, who opened a bakery on the island, and Hector MacPhail, lobster fisherman. Both businesses were given start-up funding from the Highlands and Islands Development Board. Also featured in the film: Nester Carter (Gavin`s wife) and their four children, Donald John Kennedy (crewing for Hector), school children on the school bus and in the classroom, Milton Harbour, and “Harbour Maid” (Hector MacPhail`s fishing boat).
Black and white photograph of the `Alice Roberts`, one of Hector MacPhail`s fishing boats.
Hector MacPhail of Ruaig standing on the deck of his fishing boat `Alice Roberts` in the Sound of Mull.
Colour photograph of Hector and Flora MacPhail of Skipinnish on board the `Ros Nuala`.
Hector and Flora MacPhail of Skipinnish with their children on board the `Ros Nuala`, a fishing boat bought in Donegal.
