Donald MacLean (Dòmhnall Òg) of Scarinish with his family
Photograph of Donald MacLean (Dòmhnall Òg) of Scarinish with some of his family in the 1930s or early 1940s.
Courtesy of Ms Janet Martin
Donald MacLean of Scarinish (Dòmhnall Òg) was born in 1859. He sailed all over the world, first in sailing vessels and later in steamships. For some time he skippered the gabbert ‘Primrose’ for MacQuarrie the shopkeeper.
In 1886 Donald married Catherine MacFadyen of Kirkapol and the couple had six sons and four daughters. After acquiring the schooner ‘Mary Stewart’ in 1908, he and his sons worked the vessel until the late 1930s.
Not the man to retire, Donald made use of the Mary Stewart’s jolly-boat to fish for lobsters. He worked productively until his death at the age of eighty-six in 1945, shortly after which a cheque arrived from Billingsgate Fish Market in London for winkles he had shipped off a few days earlier.
Black and white group photograph with Donald Og taken in the 1930 or 1940s.
Scarinish in the 1930 or 1940s. L-R: (back) Marion Livingston née MacLean; Donald MacLean (Dòmhnall Òg) of Scarinish, owner of the Mary Stewart; his daughter Hughina (m.s. MacCallum); (front) Chrissie, Marion’s daughter; unknown; Donald`s daughter Mary Anne MacLean; unknown.
Black and white photograph of Katie and Netta MacLean in Scarinish around 1941.
Katie and Netta MacLean, grand-daughters of Dòmhnall Òg, in front of Scarinish harbour around 1941. The schooner `Mary Stewart` can be seen in the background, also the old store in the process of being demolished, the stones from which were used to build roads during World War II.
Photocopied parcel label and stamps franked 24/7/1940.
Photocopied parcel label and three stamps franked 7th July 1940. The label was found under the lino in the donor`s house and was from a gramophone record shop in Sauchiehall St., Glasgow.
Article about the end-of-session concert at Cornaigmore School with a list of prize- and award-winners. (Original in Filing Cabinet 4 drawer 4 along with second cutting from Oban Times, 26/5/1988 about an appeal for funds for NIREX)
Audio cassette recording of George Holleyman talking to Dr Euan Mackie in An Iodhlann on 26/7/2000.
George Holleyman talks to Dr Euan Mackie of the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow in July 2000 about the Stone Age flints, bronze objects and Iron Age pottery that he found in Balevullin and Balephuil while he was a service policeman on Tiree during 1941 to 1943. Also present are Ian Atkins of Balephuil and Maggie Campbell of Kilmoluaig.
The first Tiree man to enlist after the outbreak of World War II was Willie Bunting of Balemartine. He is pictured in this photograph (second right in the front row) after completing his training at Newcastle. Prior to this, he worked for Johnny Brown at the Scarinish Hotel as a motor mechanic and taxi driver.
In 1939 he asked Johnny for a couple of days off work and went to Stirling Castle where he joined the army. On his return in 1945, Johnny handed him a large brown envelope containing his wages for the time he was away.
After the war Willie worked on Tiree as a haulier, then left for Glasgow in the early 1950s to work as a mechanic. He returned to the island in 1969 to work as an engineer in the power house in Crossapol.
Black and white photograph of Willi Bunting at start of WWII.
Willie Bunting (2nd right front) after training at Newcastle in 1939-40.
Two articles in `Scottish Studies No. 32` regarding historian Eric Cregeen of Tiree, and another regarding John Francis Campbell, 1998.
Two articles in `Scottish Studies No. 32` regarding Eric Cregeen: (1) `Eric Radcliffe Cregeen 1921-1983` by Margaret MacKay, Director of the School of Scottish Studies, (2) `Oral Tradition and History in a Hebridean Island` – a critical assessment of oral history as a historical source by Eric Cregeen. (3) ‘Here I am in Another World: John Francis Campbell and Tiree’ by Margaret MacKay.
Audio cassette recording of a talk by Gaelic poet Aonghais MacNeacail held in An Iodhlann in May 2001.
Talk ‘A Conversation with Poems’ by Gaelic poet Aonghais MacNeacail, 1997 Scottish Writer of the Year, held in An Iodhlann on 2nd May 2001 with introductions by Margaret Campbell and Dr John Holliday and music by Dr Holliday and Neil Oliver. Aonghais mixes readings of his poems and translations into English with stories of his childhood in Uig, Skye and his work as a film-maker and journalist. (Continued on AC258)
