List of Tiree Gaelic bird names by Ailean Boyd, 2011.
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Green glass soda/mineral water bottle known as a ‘torpedo’ or ‘Hamilton’ bottle. The bottom is round so that it must be stored on its side in order to keep the cork wet and prevent the gas from escaping. Torpedo bottles were manufactured during most of the 1800s. Found in rocks on Gott Bay.
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Two white ceramic ink wells from Ruaig School. Designed to be dropped into purpose-made holes in the pupils’ desks.
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Colour photograph of the crew of the dipping lug-sail boat ‘Eilean Thiriodh’, holding a prize cup outside the ‘Lean-to’ bar of the Scarinish Hotel, after winning in the Tiree Regatta around 2000. L-R: David Hepburn, John MacArthur, Duncan MacArthur, Kenny Morrison. The ‘Eilean Thiriodh’ was made in Barcaldine in 1998, and won several Tiree Regattas.
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Colour photograph of the crew of the dipping lug-sail boat ‘Eilean Thiriodh’, holding a prize cup in front of their boat in Scarinish harbour, after winning a race in the Tiree Regatta around 2000. L-R: David Hepburn, Kenny Morrison, John MacArthur, Duncan MacArthur. The ‘Eilean Thiriodh’ was made in Barcaldine in 1998, and won several Tiree Regattas.
