Photograph of the Motor Transport Section stationed on Tiree during WWII.
The Motor Transport Section stationed on Tiree in 1944 (for names see 2000.160.8).
2000.160.7
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1999.230.8
Tutors at the first Fèis Thiriodh
Photograph of the tutors at the first Fèis Thiriodh outside Tiree High School in 1990.
Fèis Thiriodh (the Tiree Festival) started in 1990, following the success of the first Fèis on Barra in 1981. The Fèis is a means of celebrating and transmitting local culture by encouraging young people to sing, play and dance, using Gaelic wherever possible.
The Fèis takes place in the second week of July each year. Between sixty to eighty children from nine to sixteen years old take part in classes for accordion, fiddle, drums, singing, dancing, keyboard, pipes and whistle. Recently mouth organ has become popular. Shinty is also played on the school playing fields.
During the winter the Fèis committee organises instrumental classes at the school and winter ceilidhs. Over the years the island has produced a disproportionate number of musicians, particularly accordion players tutored by Gordon Connell, and pipers tutored by Robert Beck.
Black and white photograph of the tutors at the 1990 Feis Thiriodh.
The tutors at the 1990 Feis Thiriodh outside Tiree High School. L-R: (standing) Alistair Hunter, Tommy Johnston, Donald Iain Brown, Gordon Connell, Roddy Campbell, Don MacKenzie, (sitting) Florence Burns, Anne Johnstone, Mairi MacArthur, unknown, (kneeling) Mark Fallon, Arthur Donald.
1999.230.9
Black and white photograph of a fiddle class at the 1990 Feis Thiriodh.
Fiddle class at the 1990 Feis Thiriodh in Tiree High School with Lyndsay White of Crossapol and tutor Florence Burns.
1999.230.10
Donald Iain Brown leading the Fèis Bheag in 1990
Photograph of Donald Iain Brown leading the Fèis Bheag in 1990.
Fèis Thiriodh, the Tiree Fèis, lasts for a week in July. Children over nine years can take part and many come from the mainland, especially those who have Tiree connections.
Children under eight who understand Gaelic are welcome to attend Fèis Bheag (the small fèis) which is conducted entirely through the Gaelic language. Donald Iain Brown is seen in this photograph leading the group in the Primary School at Cornaigmore in 1990.
A founder member of the Fèis, Dr John Holliday, said, ‘The [Gaelic] language is crucial to the culture, stories, singing and dancing. Without the language people can never really have the culture and more needs to be done to develop ways for children to use Gaelic within the arts.’
Black and white photograph of the Feis Bheag in 1990.
The 1990 Feis Bheag in Tiree High School with tutor Donald Iain Brown and John Campbell of Cornaigbeg on the right.
1999.230.11
Black and white photograph of an accordion class at the 1990 Feis Thiriodh.
Accordion class at the 1990 Feis Thiriodh in Tiree High School with tutor Alistair Hunter.
2003.186.2
Black and white photograph of John Gillies, Church of Scotland missionary.
John Gillies, Church of Scotland missionary, with his collie Skye in the early 1950s.
2003.185.18
Colour photograph of a cattle show in the early 1990s.
Judging cattle at an agricultural show at Crossapol in the early 1990s.
2003.185.2
Black and white photograph of Clydesdale horse dressed for showing in the 1950s.
Clydesdale horse belonging to Alec MacNeill of Main Road Farm, Balephuil, dressed for a Tiree Show at Crossapol in the 1950s. Donald MacPhail is at the wheel of the cart and Archie Kennedy at the extreme left.
2003.185.19
Colour photograph of a duck and ducklings at Cornaigbeg around 1995.
Duck and ducklings at Corrairigh in Cornaigbeg around 1995.
2003.185.3
Black and white photograph of Clydesdale horse dressed for showing in the 1950s.
Clydesdale horse belonging to Alec MacNeill of Main Road Farm, Balephuil, dressed for a Tiree Show at Crossapol in the 1950s. L-R: John MacLean of Balevullin, blacksmith Hugh MacEachern of Cornaigbeg, Hector J. C. Campbell of Cornaigbeg.
