Book ` Islay – Biography of an Island` by Margaret Storrie.
History of Islay from early times to 1990s including placenames, landscape, transport, the Lordship of the Isles, the Cawdor Campbells, the First Shawfield Campbell, whisky and shipwrecks. With genealogical tables for the Campbells of Shawfield and Islay, and the Margadale Morrisons of Islay.
De-accessioned 1.3.2026.
| Dates: 0s , 1000s , 100s , 1100s , 1200s , 1300s , 1400s , 1500s , 1600s , 1700s , 1800s , 1900s , 200s , 300s , 400s , 500s , 600s , 700s , 800s , 900s | | Object Types: book | Book `Map of Iona` by A. and E. Ritchie.
Map of Iona with account of history and geology from earliest times. Includes photographs and place names.
| Dates: 0s , 1000s , 100s , 1100s , 1200s , 1300s , 1400s , 1500s , 1600s , 1700s , 1800s , 1900s , 200s , 300s , 400s , 500s , 600s , 700s , 800s , 900s | | Object Types: book | Photocopy of newspaper article & photos `Project aims to turn tide for marine harvest`.
The history of harvesting seaweed up to the present day in the Western Isles and Orkney .
| Tags: chemical work , food , kelp , seaweed | | Dates: 0s , 1000s , 100s , 1100s , 1200s , 1300s , 1400s , 1500s , 1600s , 1700s , 1800s , 1900s , 200s , 300s , 400s , 500s , 600s , 700s , 800s , 900s | | Object Types: newsprint | Words to audio cassette (AC187) `Sidewaulk` by Capercaillie.
Lyrics to Capercaillie`s songs, including waulking songs and mouth music.
| Tags: gaelic , other instruments groups and bands | | Dates: 0s , 1000s , 100s , 1100s , 1200s , 1300s , 1400s , 1500s , 1600s , 1700s , 1800s , 1900s , 2000s , 200s , 300s , 400s , 500s , 600s , 700s , 800s , 900s | | Object Types: composition | Printout from Flora Celtica website: `Seaweed as a fertiliser`
Historical and current uses of seaweed in farming and gardening, including practical tips.
| Tags: cultivation , seaweed | | Dates: 0s , 1000s , 100s , 1100s , 1200s , 1300s , 1400s , 1500s , 1600s , 1700s , 1800s , 1900s , 2000s , 200s , 300s , 400s , 500s , 600s , 700s , 800s , 900s | | Object Types: miscellaneous | Audio cassette `Crosswinds` & `Sidewaulk` by Capercaillie.
Recordings of two albums by Capercaillie, including songs in Gaelic and English.
| Tags: gaelic , other instruments groups and bands | | Dates: 0s , 1000s , 100s , 1100s , 1200s , 1300s , 1400s , 1500s , 1600s , 1700s , 1800s , 1900s , 2000s , 200s , 300s , 400s , 500s , 600s , 700s , 800s , 900s | | Object Types: audio recording | Nine Transcripts of Feis lecture `Columba`s Other Island?` given by Prof. Donald Meek in 1997.
St. Columba and early Christianity in Tiree.
| Tags: balephetrish , chapels , gott , kennavara , kilkenneth , kilmoluaig , kirkapol , religious foundations and conflicts , soroby , special terms , st columba | | Dates: 1000s , 1100s , 1200s , 1300s , 1400s , 500s , 600s , 700s , 800s , 900s | | Townships: balephetrish , gott , kilkenneth , kilmoluaig , kirkapol | | Object Types: composition | | People: Meek, Professor Donald, Caoles | Paperback book `The Scottish Highlands` by Donald E. Meek.
The Churches and Gaelic culture in the Highlands and islands of Scotland from St Columbus to the present day.
| Tags: the church | | Dates: 1000s , 1100s , 1200s , 1300s , 1400s , 1500s , 1600s , 1700s , 1800s , 1900s , 500s , 600s , 700s , 800s , 900s | | Object Types: book | | People: Meek, Professor Donald, Caoles | Two newspaper cuttings about Columban chapels discovered on Canna
Two newspaper articles about the discovery of a Columban chapel on Canna.
