Hardback book ‘Sailors on the Rocks’ about famous Royal Navy shipwrecks, by Peter C Smith, 2015. Chapter 14 (pg 217) is about HMS Sturdy, which was wrecked on rocks off Sandaig in 1940.
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Printed short story ‘Home is the Sailor’ by Alistair MacNeill, Hynish and North Berwick, 2017, about a boy who stows away on a coal puffer at Tiree. In English.
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CD of 10 Tiree tales from the Dewar Manuscripts (1866) in Gaelic and English, which are held in Inveraray Archives. Story titles: Big Jura John, Big Jura John and the Irish Earl, Gift of Tiree to MacLean by MacDonald of the Isles, The Laird of Callart and the Tenants of Tiree, John Campbell of Barranacarragh in Tiree, Donald of the Sound, Finlay Guibhneach, The Tiree Wrestlers – Malcom Clerk and Donald MacDougall, Grey and Shaw, Traditions about the Island of Tiree and Mull.
Includes photocopied pages of MacLean’s English translation (1881) of the Tiree tales, a printed summary of the tales prepared by the archivist, a letter regarding their use, and a copy of the license agreement between An Iodhlann and Argyll Estates.
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Photocopied book extract ‘Norse settlement patterns in Coll and Tiree’ by Anne Johnston.
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Tiree Annual / Bliadhnail Thiriodh 2014. Annual magazine of history and nature articles, the year’s births, marriages & deaths, summary of achievements of Tiree Community Development Trust. Compiled by Simon Wellock on behalf of Tiree Community Business.
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A bound executive summary from a document detailing the growth plan for Tiree’s Marine Sector 2017-2020. Produced by the Tiree Community Development Trust in 2017.
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Softback book ‘Sreathan anns a’ Ghainmhich – bàrdachd, duanagan is òrain’ le Dòmhnall Eachann Meek, 2017. ‘Lines in the Sand’ is a collection of 136 poetry, rhymes and songs written by Professor Emeritus Donald E Meek (Falkirk and Caoles), inspired by the people and places of Tiree. 266 pages entirely in Gaelic.
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Colour photograph of members of a fiddle class at the Tiree Fèis in 1998, with tutor Calum MacKinnon of Seattle, whose parents were from Tiree. L-R: Fiona MacRae, Balevullin and Taynuilt; Carrie MacLennan, Scarinish; Calum MacKinnon, Seattle; ?, ?, ?, ?.
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Colour photograph of members of the fiddle class at the Tiree Fèis in 1998, with tutor Calum MacKinnon of Seattle, whose parents were from Tiree. L-R: Sarah Holliday, ?, Mairi Ann Munn, Jennifer MacKinnon, ?, Morven MacInnes.
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Red ‘Orfeo’ accordion belonging to Robert Nisbet, Heanish. Includes travel case.
