Catalogue of an exhibition of paintings by Ben Henriques.
Catalogue of an exhibition of paintings by Ben Henriques titled `In solitude, for company, containing several views of Tiree, produced by Jonathan Cooper of the Park Walk Gallery in London.
Hardback book `The first twenty-five years of the feis movement` edited by Kate Martin.
Illustrated history of the feis movement, with chapter on the Feis Thiriodh on pages 67-70.
Signed by members of the Feis committee.
Paperback book `Na Nuadh Bhatichean` by Ailean Boyd.
Illustrated history of the MacBrayne fleet from 1928-1964 in Gaelic and English
Paperback book `A Tale or Two from Lismore` by Donald Black.
Tales from Lismore and information about the island, in English and Gaelic, with CD.
De-accessioned 20.3.2026.
Paperback book `From the Alleghenies to the Hebrides` by Margaret Fay Shaw.
Autobigraphy of Margaret Fay Shaw.
Hardback book `Calum`s Road` by Roger Hutchinson.
The story of Calum MacLeod of Raasay who single-handed built the only road on the island.
De-accessioned 1.3.2026.
Paperback book `Laoidhean Shioin` edited by Gilleasbuig Farcharson.
Good copy of thirty-five Gaelic hymns by Rev. Archibald Farquharson.
Pierless Tiree
Transcription of a chapter ‘Pierless Tiree’ from ‘Literary Tours in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland’ by D. T. Holmes.
The Reading Room in Scarinish was built in the 1880s as a waiting room for ferry passengers. In the days before Gott Bay pier was built, the steamer anchored off Scarinish harbour and a tender was rowed out to meet her.
Around 1900 the Paisley thread magnate, James Coats, donated collections of books to many communities in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. The Reading Room was chosen to house this lending library.
D.T. Holmes was employed to travel around Scotland giving lectures and encouraging use of the libraries. In this account he paints a vivid picture of what it was like to travel to Tiree on a stormy day before Gott Bay pier was completed in 1913.
Paperback book `Cothrom Ionnsachaidh` by Ronald Black.
Scottish Gaelic grammar and exercises.
Hardback book `Highland Second Sight` edited by Norman MacRae.
The following extract is a transcription of ‘Frazer of Tiree on the Second-Sight’ from the book.
Frazer of Tiree on the Second-Sight
Second sight, or ‘taibhsearachd’ as it is known in Gaelic, was common on Tiree, as it was in most pre-industrialised societies. People who had the ‘gift’ saw a future event, usually a death, before it happened.
There are many stories of islanders seeing funeral processions over the machair only for the news of a death to follow a few days later. It was said that if someone who did not have second sight touched the arm of someone who did, they too could see the vision.
This excerpt about second sight on Tiree is from a book ‘Deuterosophia’ which was written by the Rev. John Frazer, minister of Coll and Tiree and Dean of the Isles in the 17th century. Re-printed in 2011.
