Black and white postcard of M. V. `Claymore`.
M.V. `Claymore` nearing Scarinish Pier.
1997.148.15
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1997.148.33
Lifting potatoes at Ruaig
Postcard of the potato harvest at Ruaig in the mid-1920s.
Courtesy of Mr Angus MacLean
Potatoes were first grown in the Hebrides in 1743 when they were brought back to South Uist from Ireland by MacDonald of Clanranald. His tenants were unwilling to plant them and brought the crop to his house as they refused to eat them.
However, by 1800 potatoes had become the main food crop in the islands, including Tiree. They produce three to five times as many calories as grain from the same area of land. Potatoes are also a much more dependable crop than oats and barley, which can be flattened overnight by a storm.
Dependable, that is, until 1846, when the fungus causing potato blight caused widespread starvation in Europe. It is said that West Hynish was the only area of Tiree to be unaffected. This postcard shows Nancy and Alexander MacInnes in the foreground harvesting potatoes in Ruaig in the mid-1920s.
Black and white photograph of potato lifting at Ruaig.
Lifting potatoes at Ruaig, c. 1925-6, with Nancy and Alexander MacInnes in the foreground (Duncan MacInnes`s aunt and great-uncle).
1997.148.42
Black and white photograph of J. Brown with the dinghy `Spindrift` at Scarinish harbour.
J. Brown with the dinghy `Spindrift` at Scarinish harbour.
1997.148.39
Black and white photograph of Hugh MacLean of Caoles in 1920.
Hugh MacLean of Caoles in 1920.
1997.148.17
Colour photgraph of Taigh na Suacain in Caoles, c. 1950.
Thatched house Taigh na Suacain in Caoles taken around 1950 with Ardnamurchan in background.
1997.148.38
Black and white photograph of a group of people outside Ruaig School in 1921.
Building the extension to, or re-building, Ruaig School after the fire. In the back row are Calum MacKinnon, butcher in Scarinish (2nd left), Colin MacArthur, mason from Caoles (3rd right) and Sandy Mor MacLean from Sea View, Caoles (2nd right). 3rd from L (seated) may be Elizabeth Lamont (Lizzie Bhan).
1997.148.18
Colour photograph of the Lodge Hotel.
The Lodge Hotel, Kirkapol.
1997.148.34
Black and white photograph of Scarinish School in 1936.
Scarinish School in 1936. L-R: (back row) Miss Jean MacFarlane, teacher; Mr Dixon Bennett, trainee teacher; Angus Munn, Heanish; Donald MacDonald; Lachlan MacFadyen; Donald MacLean; Lachlan MacKinnon; John MacDonald; Katherine C. Nisbet, headmistress; (2nd back row) Neil MacKinnon; John Peter MacDonald; Annie MacFarlane; Cathie MacDonald; Mona MacDonald; Hetty MacDonald; Flora MacFarlane; Cathie Munn; Archibald MacDonald; (middle row, left) Isobel Campbell; Mamie Miller; (2nd front row) Netta MacLean; Katie MacLean; Catriona MacKinnon; May MacArthur; Mary MacKinnon; Anne MacArthur; (front row) Willie MacPhee; unknown; John MacDonald; Donald MacDonald; John George MacLean.
2002.133.14
Black and white photograph of Flora and Alexander MacArthur, Balinoe.
Flora and Alexander MacArthur, Balinoe, with their son Murdoch, probably taken in 1880s or1890s.
2002.133.15
Black and white photograph of Dr Edward John MacKinnon.
Dr Edward John MacKinnon (1904-1954) at his graduation from Glasgow University. (Original in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 1)
