Newspaper article about Elsie MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol.
Article about the re-union of Elsie MacKinnon, Lodge Farm, Kirkapol, with her family after 72 years.
2001.140.4
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Dates: 2000s
2001.143.7
List of objects in the Tiree collection of the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow.
List of objects in the Tiree collection of the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow dated 4/9/2001.
2001.140.5
Newspaper article about Ian Gillies and the demolition of the hall at Crossapol.
Article about Councillor Ian Gillies and the demolition of the public hall at Crossapol.
2001.143.9
Draft version of discussion document `The Short Sea Crossing` produced by the Tobermory Harbour Association.
Discussion document produced in April 2001 about the advantages of the short sea crossing. i.e. services terminating in Tobermory with passengers driving to Craigenure to catch the ferry to Oban.
2001.140.6.1
Newspaper feature `Down your way – Isle of Tiree`, 2001
Oban Times feature about Tiree: (1) `Busy school to have mini roadway` – mini roadway to be built at the school to teach pre-fives about road safety, (2) `Island Met Office gearing up for winding down` – the impending closure of Tiree Meteorological Station with photograph, (3) `State-of-the-art dental surgery replaces caravan` – the new dental surgery at Baugh with photograph, (4) `Meeting hears new Crossapol Hall no nearer` – the withdrawal of funding for the new hall and the plan to redesign another, (5) `Wish I was here on Tiree` – the visit from a travelling art gallery and Aonghais MacNeacail`s talk about his poetry in An Iodhlann.
2001.151.1.1
Magazine `Birds` with two articles about Tiree, 2001
Two articles in the RSPB`s `Birds` magazine about: (1) RSPB nature reserves on the Argyll islands, (2) the Tiree chapels and pilgrimage route.
2000.253.1
Audio cassette recording of Alasdair Sinclair talking about the history and people of Brock.
Alasdair Sinclair talks about the history of Brock from the late 18th century, describing each of the houses in detail and giving a history of all the families who lived there.
2000.15.2
Audio cassette recording of Elsie and Fiona MacKinnon of Kirkapol talking to Maggie Campbell in February 2000.
Elsie MacKinnon talks to Maggie Campbell in February 2000 about her schooldays on Tiree, working on Kirkapol farm, houses in Kirkapol and Gott, churches, doctors, local herbal cures, washing day and the Rev Hector MacKinnon; Elsie and Fiona talk about tracing Elsie`s family and their reunion after 75 years; Elsie recites a prayer said by Duncan MacKinnon, a relative of the Rev Hector.
2000.15.1
Audio cassette recording of Willie MacLean of Balinoe talking to Maggie Campbell in January 2000.
Willie MacLean (Uilleam Dhòmhnaill Eòghainn Mhòir) of Balinoe recorded by Maggie Campbell in January 2000 singing his own Gaelic songs and playing his own tunes on the small pipes.
2004.24.1
Paperback Gaelic-English dictionary edited by Colin Mark.