CD recording of Mull people talking about the Treshnish Isles
CD of interviews with people of Mull talking about the Treshnish Isles. Recorded by Colin Woodcock, Balemartine, for the Hebridean Trust`s Treshnish Isles exhibition at Hynish in 2011. Interviewees: Adam Brown, Alastair MacLean, Bill Clegg, Iain Morrison, Willie MacPhail, all Feb. 2011. CD contains the interviews as an MP3 file and a document file listing interview content. (two copies)
DVD of the Tiree Piping Society concert and dance, 2011
DVD of good quality amateur video of the Tiree Piping Society concert and dance held at An Talla on 21st May 2011. Includes original, unconverted file.
Emails regarding traditional `lifting stones`, 2011
Printout of email correspondence between Peter Martin and An Iodhlann in July 2011, regarding the possible location of traditional lifting stones or `Stones of Strength` on Tiree and Coll. Includes information and photos of stones on Coll.
Tiree song `Cuimhneachain m`oige` by Alastair MacNeill
Sheet music and lyrics for a Tiree duanag `Cuimhneachain m`oige / Childhood Memories` by Alastair MacNeill, Hynish. Includes Gaelic and English lyrics. Arrangement by music teacher Martin Wilson, the brother of Derek Wilson (Carrier Services, Oban), who deliver to Tiree.
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Suggested identification for pottery `Mystery Object`
Handwritten suggestion for the identification of a large piece of pre-historic pottery drilled with holes. Possibly used as a bee hive, the holes being made for ventilation. Includes drawing and typed transcription. Relates to pottery fragment found by C MacDonell at Salum in 2009 (see 2010.35.1).
Results from Scottish Power Renewables` community questionnaire 2011
Printout of results from a questionnaire put to the public in 2011 about SPR`s proposed offshore windfarm to the southwest of Tiree.
Wood cabinet containing a list of the crew of HMS Sturdy in 1940
Hand-made oak cabinet containing lists of the crew of the destroyer HMS Sturdy when is was wrecked on rocks at Sandaig in October 1940, and photographs of the grave stones of five members of the crew that were drowned. Brass plates on the lid are engraved with “HMS Sturdy” and “The Ships Company 1940”. Made by Lt. Cdr. Mike Gibson in 2011 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the disaster in Oct. 2010, and presented by Mrs Cooper and Mike Gibson to the people of Tiree in recognition of their assistance to the crew at the time.
Section of sub-sea power cable between Tiree & Gunna
Section of the sub-sea power cable that conducts electricity to Tiree from the mainland. The section was cut from between Gunna and Tiree when the power cable was broken and replaced in 2011. Three-phase current at 11,000 volts (compared with the Islay cable which operates at 33,000 volts). Yellow and black outer sheath, inner protection of ring of steel wires, followed by ring of lead insulation around inner electrical cable of three copper cores.
Obituary for Kenny MacDonald in `Piping Times` 2010
Obituary for Kenny MacDonald (1938-2010), who was a great piper, and oldest son of Angus & Mary MacDonald, Tiree.
