Colour photograph of the butcher Donald Archie MacLean taken in July 2000.
Donald Archie MacLean with his butcher`s van outside his shop in Scarinish, July 2000.
2002.35.1
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2002.35.2
Colour photograph of the butcher Donald Archie MacLean taken in July 2000.
Donald Archie MacLean outside his butcher`s shop in Scarinish, July 2000.
2002.35.3
Colour photograph of the Gaelic Unit weekend at Hynish, 1992.
L-R: (back) Catriona MacLean, Kilmoluaig; Monica Smith, Hynish; Adam Smith, Hynish; Craig Smith, Hynish; Josie Brown, Cornaigbeg; Dr John Holliday, Baugh; Donny Campbell, Kilmoluaig; (front) Alan Campbell, Kilmoluaig; Kirsty MacDonald,Hynish; Eilidh Campbell, Kilmoluaig; Christina Brown, Vaul; Johann MacLean, Kilmoluaig; Christina Cameron, Balevullin; Iain MacInnes, Ruaig; Ross MacLennan, Scarinish; Graeme Smith, Hynish; Donald Roddy MacKay, Balemartine; Michael Holliday, Baugh; John Campbell, Cornaigbeg; Ben Williams, Balemartine; Fraser MacInnes, Ruaig; Daniel MacGowan, Heylipol; Colin Brown, Cornnaigbeg.
2002.35.4
Colour photograph of the mill at Cornaig taken in 1999.
The old mill at Cornaig in 1999.
2002.35.5
Colour photograph of Tiree party at South Uist feis in 2000.
L-R: (back) Eilidh Campbell, Kilmoluaig; (middle) Karen MacKinnon, Balephetrish; Sarah Holliday, Baugh; Kenneth MacKinnon, Balephetrish; Josie Brown, Cornaigbeg; Dr John Holliday, Baugh; (front) Niall MacKinnon, Balephetrish.
2002.35.6
Colour photograph of Kenneth MacKinnon piping at a ceilidh in South Uist in 2000.
Kenneth MacKinnon, Balephetrish piping at a ceilidh during Feis Tir an Eorna, South Uist, 2000.
1997.89.4
Laminated photocopy of transcript of petition from the crofters of Kilmoluaig to the County Clerk, 7/12/1903.
Determination of the crofters of Kilmoluaig to refuse to pay the County Assessments until the township road is dressed by the Council.
1997.89.3
Photocopied extract from Scarinish Public School log book, 27/12/1898 – 13/1/1899.
Low attendance at school because of the stormy weather.
1999.11.1
Passenger list for the ‘Conrad’ in 1850
Transcription of the passenger list for the ‘Conrad’ in 1850.
Courtesy of His Grace the Duke of Argyll
In 1850 a hundred and sixty-seven men, women and children from Tiree left for Canada on board the ‘Conrad’. Between 1847 and 1853, 1354 islanders were given assistance by the 8th Duke to emigrate. This was equivalent to 27% of the island’s population in 1841.
The majority of those who emigrated were small tenants and landless cottars. Argyll Estate papers recording Tiree rentals show that between 1847 and 1861 tenants paying under £5 rent were reduced by 78% while those paying over £10 were increased by 120%.
The total number of tenancies was reduced by a third while the income in rentals increased from £2,618 to £3,394. It is undoubtedly true that the island was left more prosperous but it was at the cost of considerable social suffering.
1999.11.3
Payments to emigrants from Tiree to Canada in August 1849
Transcription of a list of payments made to emigrants to Canada in August 1849.
Courtesy of His Grace the Duke of Argyll
In 1847, the second year of the potato famine, the Central Relief Board assumed overall control of the relief efforts of the Free Church and the Destitution Committees of Glasgow and Edinburgh. The following year inspectors were appointed to ensure that all recipients passed the ‘destitution test’.
No-one was eligible for relief until all their means were exhausted. Able-bodied labourers were excluded as were those who had a legal claim to subsistence from the Parish. Those considered fit enough were expected to labour outdoors on public works, the rest to spin, knit or make nets.
To ensure that only the truly destitute would accept relief, the meal ration was cut to one pound a day and paid for by the whole labour of the recipient. Such harsh conditions and the promise of assisted passages from the Estate persuaded a further 364 to emigrate from Tiree in 1849.