The office chair from Tiree Registrar’s office, Kirkapol. Probably from the 1940s it belonged to Neil MacPhail (registrar) and probably his father before him. From the office in his house.
Donated by Catriona Smyth.
Now in use in the display area of An Iodhlann.
Set of DLR No.5 Headphones
from a Halifax aircraft from 518 Squadron RAF Tiree
Acquired with Radio receiver 2024.11.1
Type R1155 Radio receiver from a Halifax aircraft from RAF Tiree
with a set of DLR No.5 Headphones
Purchased at auction by An Iodhlann 6 June 2024 and returned to Tiree. With label, ” ‘found its way into the kitbag’ of an airman returning to the mainland just after the war had ended!” Originally donated to Mike Hughes by Flt Sgt Les Cobb, 518 Squadron, Tiree (1943-45) before or during 2000.
A collection of mainly WWi items belonging to Angus McInnes including:
Tiomnadh. A pocket New Testament in Gaelic. Inside cover “Presented by the National Bible Society of Scotland to Angus McInnes, Kilmoluaig, Tiree on active service 1916”
Three Medals: British War, Victory, Imperial Service Medal.
Two in-service Royal Navy photographs. See 2024.7.2
Copy of birth certificate. RN service record.
A biography by the donor, Angus’s grandson, also Angus McInnes. See 2024.7.3
Collection of items washed up on Tiree’s beaches for a mini exhibition titled ‘The Sea’s Harvest‘, held in An Iodhlann in 2022, including lids and labels from seafood companies in Norway and Ireland, fishbox packaging tape, plastic ice tea bottle from China, plastic fishing buoy from Spain, plastic Listerine bottle from Spain, plastic sea-sickness tablets container from Russia, wave-smoothed remnant of a Mortise-and-Tenon carpentry joint, plastic drinks cans holder.
Silver-plated quaich inscribed with words ‘Tiree SWRI’. There are no individual name inscriptions.
Jennie Niven, the donor, was the final organiser for the last 15 year’s of the SWI’s organisational history in Tiree.
Pewter quaich inscribed with the names of former Tiree Scottish Women’s Institute members, from 2000 to 2005. the names inscribed are: Mrs W. MacFadyen (2000), Mrs A. MacDonald (2001), Mrs A. MacKinnon (2002), Mrs A MacIntyre (2003), Mrs A. MacKinnon (2004), Mrs M. MacIntyre (2005).
Jennie Niven, the donor, was the final organiser for the last 15 year’s of the SWI’s organisational history in Tiree.
Two small glass bottles, one green and one clear, and about 6cm in height, found in the ground outside house at Kirkapol. They are missing a lid and a stopper.
Silver cap badge from a cap worn by a member of the Seaforth Highlanders, circa 1941-1945. It features the Sutherland crest and the motto ‘Sans Peur’ (without fear). There is no information about the provenance of this item but the donation came from Vaul.
Coloured enamel pin badge depicting world-class footballer Johnny MacKenzie (1925-2017), ‘The Firhill Flyer’, who lived at ‘Harbour’, Caoles. This limited edition commemorative pin was produced by ‘The Jags Foundation’ in 2021. See also 2023.6.2
