Sìl an Eòrna – Children of the Barley: the story of emigration from Tiree.

Thousands of islanders left Tiree in the nineteenth century after the potato famine exposed the dangerous overcrowding that had built up. The Tiree diaspora is strong in Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Song amongst the Stones – An exhibition of the archaeology of Tiree.

The first hunters and gatherers came to Tiree for summer expeditions in Mesolithic times, 9000 years ago. The island also has twenty five Iron Age forts, one of which was excavated by Dr Euan MacKie in 1962.

The Wind that Shook the Barley: the history of Tiree during the Second World War.

Tiree became an important base and 2000 servicemen were stationed on the crofting and Gaelic-speaking island.

Tìr an Eòrna – Land of Barley: the history of Tiree’s corn production.

The easily worked soils of the island attracted the first Neolithic farmers and Tiree has long been known as the most fertile of the Hebrides.

Water from the Seventh Wave – A history of Tiree’s healers.

In 1791 the island’s minister wrote, “The situation of this parish is dismal without a surgeon,” and Tiree had to wait until 1860 until a doctor could be found. Because of this, traditional healing is strong.

Winds of Change: the history of Tiree’s weather station and early flights to the island.

The first flight to the island was in 1929 and the first air ambulance in 1934. The famous weather station began life at the school in 1924.

Winds of Change: the history of Tiree’s thatched houses.

The beautiful thatched houses are one of the island’s most distinctive features, although only a few are now left.

Ministers and Deep Sea Captains: the schools of Tiree.

A visitor in 1894 wrote,” If Tyree does not grow trees it grows ministers and deep sea captains.” The island’s first school was in the 1780s and in 1872 the Government stepped and built five schools, one of which survives today.

Unrivalled Expanses: the history of golf on Tiree.

The first game was in 1886 when officers, brought out to pacify the crofters, slipped off to the Vaul machair to set up their own course. An 18 hole course was built by Charles McNeil, a Glasgow industrialist in 1910.

Milkit Four Times in the Day: A history of agriculture on Tiree.

It cannot be gainsaid that Tiree is the most fertile of the Hebrides, despite the fact that the islanders have to contend with the ravages of the wind sweeping across their farmlands, uprooting vegetables, blowing the soil away from seed planted in the springtime, and not infrequently devastating the crops in the autumn.