Digitised copy letter regarding erecting a pier at Gott Bay, undated (c.1880s). The letter outlines the troubles with constructing a pier at Gott bay, due to the force of the wind and waves particularly during the winter, as well as the high cost of estimates for the work (between £7,000 and £13,360) as well as the cost of maintenance. The writer refers to the reluctance of engineers to undertake the project, and also mentions the Report of the late Western Highlands and Islands Commission. The writer also refers to a recent accident involving a boat being upset in Gott Bay while attending on a steamer. Neither the recipient or writer is identified.
From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.
CD with scans of the marriage lines for and a receipt from John MacLean, Am Bard Thighearna Cholla.
CD with two scans: the marriage lines for John MacLean, Am Bard Thighearna Cholla, and Isabella Black on 18th July 1808; a receipt for the purcahse of oatmeal by John MacLean at Barney`s River dated 17th March 1845.
John Brown’s bagpipes
Photograph of John Brown’s bagpipes in the College of Piping on Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Courtesy of Mr George Brown
John Brown emigrated to Canada and settled in Ottawa where he worked as a receptionist on Parliament Hill. He owned a set of bagpipes that were reputed to have been played at the battle of Culloden in 1746, on which he would often play ‘Health to the MacDonalds’ Return’. Back in Tiree, there was a tradition in his family that the Browns had been given their piping skills by the fairies.
He played the bagpipes for the visit to Ottawa of the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, and the prince shook his hand. His grandson remembers ‘he was so pleased that forever after he would only extend his left hand to lesser folk.’
John Brown died in 1889 aged ninety. The bagpipes are now on display at the College of Piping, Summerside, Prince Edward Island.
CD with fourteen images of Tiree.
CD with six views of Tiree taken from the plane, one of a basking shark and seven of a well at Balephetrish.
CD with eighty-one images of the heavy horse event at 6 Kenovay on 21 July 2007.
Eighty-one photographs of the heavy horse event at 6 Kenovay on 21 July 2007 taken by Peter Knapman of Kenovay.
CD of four photo taken at Alasdair Sinclair`s presentation in An Iodhlann on 15/8/2007.
CD of four photo taken at Alasdair Sinclair`s presentation in An Iodhlann on 15/8/2007.
CD-ROM with four photographs, the 1776 Coll Kirk Session List of the Inhabitants of Coll, and a plan of the S.S. Hebrides.
CD-ROM with four photo files of Tiree, twenty-one Word documents with scans of the 1776 Coll Kirk Session List of the Inhabitants of Coll, and a plan of the S.S. Hebrides.
CD with document and photo files relating to the SS Hebrides and her skipper Captain John Campbell.
CD with document and photo files relating to the SS Hebrides and her skipper Captain John Campbell.
DVD `Faire Chaluim Mhic Leoid`.
Short film with Gaelic or English subtitles set in the highlands of Cape Breton.
Three CDs with photographs of Coll and publications by Betty MacDougall.
Three CDs with around 330 modern and archive photographs of Coll and digitised documents, `A Guide to Coll` and `Folklore from Coll` by Betty MacDougall and other publications.
