Paperback book `Scottish Customs from the Cradle to the Grave` by Margaret Bennett.
Collection of Scottish traditions from the 16th century to the present day surrounding rites of passage such as: childbirth and infancy; love, coutship and marriage; death and burial.
Paperback book `The Stones of Iona` by John MacKenzie Semple.
The history of the carved stones of Iona giving their background particularly the Benedictine period and late.
Hardback book `The West Highland Galley` by Denis Rixson.
The history of the west highland galley or birlinn.
Paperback books describing the Western Islands of Scotland circa 1549 and 1695.
(1) Written by a native and Gaelic speaker, it casts light on the Hebrides when the old structure of society held sway before the Jacobite rebellions (for Tiree see pp 294-6). Includes Martin Martin`s `A Voyage to St Kilda`. (2) A description of the Hebrides in 1549 by Sir Donald Monro, High Dean of the Isles, which presents an account of a pastoral visit to the islands still coping with the turbulent period after the fall of the Lords of the Isles.
Paperback booklet ‘Tireragan – A Township on the Ross of Mull’ by Carol Riddell, 1996. A study of the local history of a township on the Ross of Mull. Includes second, spring-bound copy printed from www.northnet.com.au in 2003.
Paperback book `The Lords of the Isles` by Ronald Williams.
The story of the establishment of Dalriada by Fregus Mor in AD 500 to the forfeiture of the Lordship a thousand years later.
Paperback book `Atlas of Scottish History to 1707` edited by Peter G. B. Macneill and Hector L MacQueen.
Maps, diagrams, plans, charts and tables covering the history of Scotland from the earliest times up to 1707.
Paperback book `Duanaire Colach` by Colm O Baoill.
Anthology of Gaelic poems and songs from Coll between 1537 and 1757.
Paperback book `A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland circa 1695` by Martin Martin, 1703
Written by Martin Martin a native and Gaelic speaker, it casts light on the Hebrides when the old structure of society held sway before the Jacobite rebellions (for Tiree see pp 294-6). Includes Martin Martin`s `A Voyage to St Kilda`, and `A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland` 1549, by Sir Donald Monro, High Dean of the Isles, which presents an account of a pastoral visit to the islands still coping with the turbulent period after the fall of the Lords of the Isles.
Typewritten family tree for the House of Argyll.
Family tree for the House of Argyll.
