A digital copy of Dr John Holliday’s field notes on the history of Tiree taken between 1990 and 2025.
‘FIELD NOTES’
These fragments were collected over a 30-year period from 1994 to 2026. They include a mixture of stories, often humorous; snippets of oral tradition; place-names; song fragments; newspaper cuttings; and references. Usually, the opportunities to collect this material cropped up during everyday conversations rather than in structured interviews. My Gaelic and local knowledge improved as time went on, but there are likely to be errors in what I collected. Despite these limitations, I hope this collection will prove useful in the years to come.
Dr John Holliday, Balephuil, 2026
433 pages. Restricted access: not currently for public display.
The Happy Valley of Tiree
A melody for pipes by Alistair MacNeill,(born Hynish 1940) – Head Teacher, Banavie Primary School, arranged for pipes by Webster Craig.
Originally composed in 1961, arranged 2025
A folder of cattle auction results 1987 – 2008
United Auctions
A folder of minutes of meetings of TACCIS (Tiree and Coll Community Information Service) and the Tiree Forum on Disability. 1997 – 2000
A box of minutes of meetings of An Iodhlann 1995 – 2016
Hardback book:
Writings on Geology and Mineralogy. Scientific Papers and Comments.
By Ananda K Coomaraswamy. Ed: A Ranganathan & K Srinivasa Rao
Includes observations on Tiree marble. pp 132-148
A copy of an article, The Highland Kelp Proprietors and their Struggle Over The Salt and Barilla Duties, 1817-1831. By John Macaskill. From the Journal of Scottish Historical Studies 26.1+2, 2006, 60-82. Edinburgh Press 2006. 22pp
Reflections
a collection of poems by Meena J A Knapman, Kenovay
A photograph of Lachie MacLean, Druimfroach hand-sowing the seed.
Lachie was one of the last Tiree crofters to sow seed by hand.
Books of Minutes of the Tiree Association April 2000 to October 2017
