Hardback book ‘Dain Iain Ghobha / The Poems of John Morrison’, Vol. 1, edited by George Henderson, 1896, belonging to the MacDonald family, Greenbank, Kilmoluaig. On the inside cover is written “D Macdonald, Clachan House, Grosebay, Isle of Harris”.
Hardback book ‘Leabhar na Ceilidh’ by Fionn, 1898, belonging to the MacDonald family, Greenbank, Kilmoluaig. On the inside cover is written “Rev HM Paterson” and “K Macdonald, 15/5/39”
Small hardback book ‘Dain Spioradail / Grant’s Gaelic Hymns’ by Padruig Grannd, 1875, belonging to the MacDonald family, Greenbank, Kilmoluaig. On the inside cover is written “Rev HM Paterson” and “K Macdonald, 15/5/39”
Poster illustrating the whales, dolphins porpoises and sharks inhabiting the seas in the west of Scotland, with their names in English, Latin and Gaelic. Produced by the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust, 2018.
Minke whale / Muc-mhara-mhioncaidh
Humpback whale / Muc-mhara-crotach
Killer whale (Orca) / Madadh-cuain
Basking shark / Cearban
White-beaked dolphin / Leumadair bàn-ghobach
Risso’s dophin / Cana
Bottlenose dolphin / Muc-bhiorach
harbour porpoise / Peileag
Common dolphin / Leumadair cumanta
Atlantic white-sided dolphin / Leumadair cliathaich-bhàin
Sepia photograph of the ship ‘Baron Ardrossan’ in around 1915. From a collection of items found in Milton Cottage.
