Information about Coll MacColl of Tiree (1787-1842)
History of Coll MacColl, son of the Rev. Archibald MacColl of Tiree, compiled by Alasdair Roberts in 2013. “As a young man he fathered an illegitimated child in Tiree, went as a gardener to Bishop Ranald MacDonald`s Lismore seminary, became a Catholic and then a priest, undertaking pastoral journeys through the Highlands. Emigrated to Australia after falling out with the Vicar General in Arisaig, dying within 3 weeks of arrival.”
Typed copy of Edward Curtis-Stanford`s journal 1864
Copy of hand-typed transcript of the journal of Edward Charles Cortis-Stanford dated 3rd January 1864, about his seaweed processing factory at Middleton/Sandaig.
Notes on Gaelic words and phrases made by George Holleyman in 1942-43
Photocopy of George Holleyman`s notebooks in which he recorded Gaelic words, phrases, idioms, sayings, children`s games & toys, song titles, Tiree dishes, and girls & boys names that he heard while serving in the RAF on Tiree in 1942-43, and a list of books about Tiree.
Printed transcript from the Edinburgh Gazette 1913 regarding the transfer of land and estate of crofter James Carmichael, or James Campbell, of Baugh, presumed dead, to the Crown.
Transcript of a letter from Rev Neil MacLean, Gott, in 1851 to his sister-in-law, the widow of Alexander MacLean, telling of the sudden death of “our dear Donald”, the affect on his mother and the funeral.
