Iain MacFarlane
Photograph of Iain MacFarlane with Eachunn the cat.
This photograph of the late 1920s or early 1930s shows Iain MacFarlane when he was working as ‘am buachaille’ or herd boy in the east end of Tiree. Herding was done by boys when they left school at 14 and sometimes by old men.
As the common grazings and many fields were unfenced, their job was to keep cattle, sheep and horses within the township boundaries and out of the crops. Until wire fencing was introduced in the 1890s, fields were sometimes enclosed with turf or stone walls.
From May to October, Iain would have stayed in a ‘bothag’, a small round building constructed of stone and roofed with turfs over a timber frame. He died at sea at the beginning of World War II.
Black and white photograph of Iain, the herd boy, with Eachann the cat.
Photograph from a small album from Silversands, Vaul, titled `Iain, the herd laddie`, identified as Iain MacFarlane, (brother of Lachie MacFarlane of Hynish) by Chrissie, Lachie`s widow. Iain died at sea at the beginning of WWII. Probably taken in the late 1920s to early 1930s.
Black and white photograph of a coal puffer.
Coal puffer probably taken on Gott Bay in the late 1920s to early 1930s.
Black and white photograph of people aboard an unknown ship.
Group photograph from a samml album from Silversands, Vaul, of six unknown men aboard an unknown ship, probably taken in the late 1920s to early 1930s.
Board-mounted photographs of visits to the Lodge 1911-1921.
Originals photographs taken during visits to the Lodge 1911-1921, copied as C27-C37, D1-D30, H37 and J1.
Black and white photograph of Annie and Rosie MacIntyre taken in 1921.
Annie MacIntyre, housekeeper at the Lodge, with her daughter Rosie in 1921.
Black and white photograph of Lady Frances Balfour and family.
Lady Frances Balfour (standing) with two young people, possibly her children, and their dogs.
Black and white photograph of Maisie Stewart at the 1921 Horse Show.
Maisie Stewart at the 1921 Horse Show with a small pony and trap.
Black and white photograph of Lady Frances Balfour and Mr MacDiarmid.
Tiree Lodge, 1923. L-R: unknown, Babs MacDiarmid, Lady Frances Balfour and Hugh MacDiarmid, the factor.
Black and white photograph of Lady Ferguson.
Lady Ferguson with Penny the dog, probably taken at the Kirkapol chapels.
Black and white photograph of the 1921 Remembrance Day service at the War Memorial.
1921 Remembrance Day service at the War Memorial at Scarinish.
