Tim Thiridhe school magazine 1979
School magazine made by the pupils and teachers at Tiree High School in 1979. Articles, poems, drawings, adverts, etc.
2012.96.2
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2012.96.3
Sheaves – Sguaban school magazine No. 5, 1983
School magazine compiled by pupils and teachers of Cornaigmore School in 1938.
2012.96.4
Sheaves – Sguaban school magazine 1984
School magazine produced by pupils and teachers at Tiree High School in 1984.
2012.61.1
Scanned letter from Mary F MacArthur, Balinoe, to Lorraine Fletcher, Oregon, 1976
Printed scan of handwritten letter from Mary F MacArthur, Balinoe, to Lorraine Fletcher, Oregon, dated 1976, and emailed information regarding the family trees of both correspondents from Glenda Franklin, Canada, dated 27/3/2012 and Louise MacDougall 28/3/12. Includes a family tree for Hugh MacArthur & Mary MacLean of Sandaig and the death certificate for Alexander MacArthur (1855-1927). Mary MacArthur is descended from Donald `the Pilot` MacLean, and has links to Flo and Andy Straker`s MacArthur line.
2011.114.1
Information about the death of Captain Donald MacKinnon, Heanish, in 1867
Printed email about the death of Captain Donald MacKinnon (1827-1867), Heanish, in Cape Town in 1867. Cpt. MacKinnon was the captain of the `Taeping` that won the Great China Tea Race in 1866. After returning to Tiree, he was on a passenger and livestock steamer between Tiree and Mull, to join his ship in London for China, when rough seas caused the cattle to panic. Cpt MacKinnon helped to throw the cattle overboard (to save the ship) but was gored in the stomach in doing so. His recurring illness (probably septicemia) forced his ship to dock in Cape Town where he was hospitalised and then died. He is buried in Cape Town. Request for information about his grave-site from Angus MacKinnon to Cape Town authorities.
2011.112.1
Information about the SS Gaul that was wrecked off Balevullin in 1926.
Printed email of information about the Grimsby steam trawler SS Gaul that was wrecked off Balevullin beach in 1926. Of the nine crew, seven perished in the sea and two made it to the shore in bad condition. The locals cared for the two survivors, Edward Thomson and George Pratt, until fully recovered. The body of the ship`s cook, Amos Beard, was washed ashore later and was buried on Tiree.
2011.108.1
Information about JR Morrison, Headmaster of Cornaigmore School in 1933.
Letter to An Iodhlann containing biographical information about John Rae Morrison (1902-1986), Headmaster of Cornaigmore School in 1933. Dated 17 Oct. 2011 and containing a duplicate copy of a photograph of pupils and staff at Cornaigmore School in 1933 (Q63). [This is a more complete copy of photo Q63 and was used to replace the archive copy].
2011.91.4
Letters from William G. Gray, Balemartine/Canada about Tiree`s role during WWII.
Two letters and a composition about Tiree`s role during the second World War, written in 1984 by William G. Gray of Canada, grandson of Mr & Mrs Donald MacFarlane who lived at Taigh-na-Mara, Balemartine. One letter is to the Headteacher of Cornaigmore Secondary School offering a copy of the second letter addressed to the Canadian War Graves Commission regarding the graves of Canadian airmen on the island, and his enclosed composition `Significance of the Tiree Air Base during the second World War`.
2011.86.1
Collection of poems about Tiree by author Donald Murray, 2011
Collection of 15 English poems written by Donald Murray (author of `The Guga Hunters`) during his visit to Tiree in summer 2011. Donald has Tiree ancestors and comes from Lewis. Subjects include corncrakes, family, houses, cattle, Skerryvore lighthouse, machair, St. Patricks Chapel, wartime, travelling around Argyll, hares. Includes a covering letter from Donald to An Iodhlann.
2011.83.3
Information about the sword bayonet found in thatch at Kilmoluaig in 2005
Printed email from Steve Thomson to Dr John Holliday dated 6/10/11 with further information about the sword bayonet found in the thatch of `Cnoc Bhiosta` at Kilmoluaig by the Atkins in 2005. Type of Yataghan bayonet modelled on a Turkish sword shape and manufactured in 1873 at Chatellerault Arsenal, near Poitier, France.