Collection of Council Rateable Valuation Notices and Rate receipts for Lodge Farm, Kirkapol.
Three Council Rateable Valuation Notices for 1956 and 1961-2 for Lodge Farm, Kirkapol; collection of rates receipts from 1941 to 1968.
Copy of birth certificate for John MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol, born in 1885.
Birth certificate for John MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol, born on 15th October 1885.
Tirey
Transcription of an extract from ‘Tirey’ in ‘The Rev. Dr. John Walker’s Report on the Hebrides of 1764 and 1771’ edited by Margaret M. MacKay.
Courtesy of John Donald Publishers
The Rev Dr John Walker, minister of Moffat and a pioneer of scientific botany and geology, was sent to the Hebrides in 1764 and 1771 by the Commission for Annexed Estates to report on the social conditions, population and the state of manufacture, agriculture and fisheries.
He found the waters round Tiree teeming with fish but no fishing equipment on the island. In 1792, Rev Archibald McColl lamented that the local fishermen seemed unable to compete with those from other islands or the east coast who were taking full advantage of the nearby fishing banks.
The reasons for this he attributed to the daily involvement of crofters with their land and animals and to their poverty which disinclined them to risk what little savings they had purchasing equipment easily lost in bad weather.
Extract from ‘The History of the Celtic Place-Names of Scotland’ by William J. Watson
Transcription of an extract from ‘The History of the Celtic Place-Names of Scotland’ by William J. Watson.
Courtesy of Birlinn Ltd
The origin of the name Tiree is still a mystery. It is commonly said to come from the Gaelic ‘Tir iodh’, the land of corn, because of the island’s fertility. Another derivation is ‘Tir-Idhe’, the granary of Iona; a monastery established by St Columba on Tiree supplied grain to his headquarters on Iona.
Both of these explanations are probably wrong. William Watson, Professor of Celtic at Edinburgh University for over twenty years, wrote the book ‘The Celtic Place Names of Scotland’, which is still regarded as the most reliable source on the subject.
He believed the name came from ‘Tir’, Gaelic for land, and ‘Heth’ from an earlier language. In 1878 the official spelling was changed by the Post Office from Tyree to Tiree to avoid confusion with Tyrie in Aberdeenshire.
Booklet `Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 1976`, Chapter 21.
Extract from the Crofting Reform Act of 1976.
Printout of colour scan of RAF `Met` sorties during World War II.
Map of the eastern North Atlantic with weather reconnaisance flight patterns over the North Atlantic and North Sea flown by the RAF during World War II.
Printout of colour scan of Warrant Officer Derek Dolwin`s flight logbook.
Page from 518 Squadron Warrant Officer Derek Dolwin`s flight logbook for 9th to 30th June 1944 showing entry for plane LK692 which crashed on take-off on the 27th.
Report by Argyll & Bute Council `Coll and Tiree Community Learning Plan`.
Report by Argyll & Bute Council in response to a Scottish Executive request that local councils draft and submit a strategy that sets priorities and targets for the improvement of community learning.
Report by Headland Archaeology on Upper Square, Hynish.
Detailed record of the historic fabric of Upper Square, Hynish with maps, descriptions of buildings and photographs of details.
Handwritten running order of video of Dun Mor Bhalla Excavation in 1936 by Dr Euan Mackie.
Handwritten running order of video of Dun Mor Bhalla Excavation in 1936 by Dr Euan Mackie.
