126 volumes of the proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
Stored in 12 archive boxes (AB34 – AB45) in the loft.
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Object Type: book
2000.160.2
Booklet `Isle of Tiree` edited by Mona MacDonald.
Information booklet about Tiree with black and white photographs and local advertisements.
2000.152.1
Hardback book `When Eight Bells Toll` by Alistair MacLean.
Adventure story of modern piracy.
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Hardback book `Folk and Hero Tales from Argyllshire (Waifs & Strays of Celtic Tradition III. Argyllshire Series)` collected, edited and translated by Rev J. MacDougall.
Gaelic folk tales collected from the district of Duror by the Rev J. MacDougall.
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Hardback book `Folk and Hero Tales from Argyllshire (Waifs & Strays of Celtic Tradition II. Argyllshire Series)’ collected, edited and translated by Rev D. MacInnes, with a preface by Lord Archibald Campbell, Duke of Argyll.
Gaelic folk tales collected from shoemaker Archibald MacTavish, Donald MacLachlann and Neil Livingstone, all from Oban, and Donald MacGregor from Lismore.
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Hardback book `Clan Traditions and Popular Tales (Waifs & Strays of Celtic Tradition V. Argyllshire Series)` collected by Rev John Gregorson Campbell, 1895.
Includes several tales featuring Tiree, including ‘The Last Cattle Raid in Tiree’, from page 29 of the book, transcribed below.
The story of the last cattle raid on Tiree was collected by John Gregorson Campbell from local informants while he was serving as the island’s minister between 1861 and 1891. It was published in ‘Clan Traditions and Popular Tales of the Western Highlands and Islands’ in 1895.
John Gregorson Campbell was recognised as one of the greatest authorities on Celtic folklore. His publisher, Alfred Nutt wrote, ‘In person, Campbell was tall and fair, with deep blue eyes full of life and vivacity. He was noted at once for the kindliness of his manner, and the shrewd causticity of his wit.’
An invalid for the last ten years of his life, he lived with his sister Mrs Jessie Wallace in Hynish. He died unmarried in 1891.
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Hardback book `The Fians; or Stories, Poems, & Traditions of Fionn and his Warrior Band (Waifs & Strays of Celtic Tradition IV. Argyllshire Series)` collected by Rev John Gregorson Campbell.
The stories, peoms and traditions of Fionn Mac Cumhail and his warrior band collected by Rev John Gregorson Campbell.
2000.159.2
Hardback book `Waifs and Strays of Celtic Tradition Vol I` edited by Lord Archibald Campbell.
Collection of folk tales from the Highlands.
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Paperback book `The Scenery of Scotland – The Structure Beneath` by W. J. Baird.
Colour aerial photographs of Scotland`s landscapes with geological explanations.
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Paperback book `Fo Sgail a` Swastika` by Domhnall Iain MacDhomhnaill.
Account of the privations of the German prisoner of war camps in Gaelic and English, with 2 CDs of a reading by the author.