Letter from `Time Team`s Mick Aston to Dr John Holliday, 2010
Typed letter from Prof. Mick Aston (BBC`s `Time Team` archaeology series of TV programmes) to Dr John Holliday (Chair of An Iodhlann) thanking him for his letter and newsletter, and stating that he very much enjoyed his visit to Tiree in 2009 and that he hoped to return. Dated 21 Oct. 2010.
Booklet “Gaelic in a Bruce County (Canada) Tiree Settlement”
Booklet by Tiree descendent Archie MacKinnon about his recollections of his Gaelic-speaking community in Bruce County, Canada. Includes photographs and the entire booklet on DVD with embedded audio files.
Gaelic hymn and religious poems written by Alastair McCallum, Vaul, ca. 1938.
Photocopies of religious compositions typewritten by recluse Alastair McCallum, Vaul, around 1937-1939. Includes Gaelic hymn “Neamh”, and four English poems “The Parting Hour”, “A Little Child”, “The Blood of Atonement” and “Mialum”.
Gaelic song `Oran Noan` with English translation
Photocopies of handwritten and typed Gaelic song `Oran Noan` by Noan on board S.S. Buteshire in 1939, with an original handwritten translation in English.
Correspondence about coastal erosion on Tiree, 2005
Correspondence between Councillor Ian Gillies, Scarinish, and Scottish Natural Heritage, Alasdair Sinclair, and Argyll & Bute Council, regarding coastal erosion around Tiree following a “disastrous storm” in January 2005, inlcuding photographs of damage at Crossapol and Brock.
Ossian magazine 1968 with a poem by Prof. Donald E Meek
Gaelic poem `Tri Rannan Mu`n t-Saoghal` written by Prof. Donald E Meek, Caoles, in the Ossian magazine 1968. See page 33.
Ossian magazine 1973, with an article by Donald Meek, Caoles.
Articles in Gaelic `A` Ghaidligh – De Tha Romhainn?` and `Bas is Beatha` by Prof. Donald E Meek, Caoles, published in the Ossian magazine of Glasgow University in 1973. See pages 40 & 60.
Poems “The Stone of Remembrance” and “The Maiden of Colla” by Rev. Dugald MacEchern, 1902
Small booklet of two poems by the Rev. Dugald MacEchern written in 1902. (1) The Stone of Remembrance. This poem is about the memorial stone of Heylipol Church, Tiree, which was laid by Lady Victoria Campbell, accompanied by Miss Percy, on August 19th 1902, which happened to be the anniversary of the Battle of Otterburn. (2) The Maiden of Colla. This poem appears to be in remembrance of a deceased unnamed girl of Coll, and first appeared in the magazine “The Peoples Friend”. The blood-red flower mentioned in the text, and drawn on the last page, is the Bloody Crane`s-bill or Creachlach Dearg that grows in abundance amongst the marram at the west end of Coll. Rev. MacEchern was a family friend of the Clements of Gallanach, Coll in the early 1900s.
Poem “Evening Prayer of a People” by Neil Munro, 1914
Photocopy of a poem “Evening Prayer of a People” by Neil Munro in 1914. A prayer to God to preserve the husbands and sons of an unspecified island while they are away in action during World War I. The poem originally appeared in the Glasgow News but was subsequently made into postcards, the proceeds from which went to the Prince of Wales` National Relief Fund.
Letters between Katy Clayton, Taynuilt and An Iodhlann about items donated to An Iodhlann and the Clement`s family on Coll in the early 1900s.
Letter from Katy Clayton, Taynuilt, Argyll to Donald MacKinnon, Tiree, offering an old booklet of poems by Rev. Dugald MacEchern (2010.26.1) and prayer by Neil Munro (2010.26.2), and enquiring about the Clement family that lived at Gallanach, Coll, in the early 1900s. According to a search for the Clements family in the 1901 census (conducted and reported by Duncan Grant), Katy`s mother was Mary MacMillan Clement who was the adopted daughter of James and Mary Clement of Gallanach. Their servant, Margaret MacMillan, may have been the natural mother of Mary MacMillan Clement.
