Audio cassette recording of John and Jean MacPhail of Balephuil talking to Maggie Campbell in June 2004.
John and Jean MacPhail of Balephuil talk to Maggie Campbell in June 2004 about how the world was a better place when they were young, how busy Balephuil was and how very few locals live in the township; they discuss the bards of Balephuil, how no-one speaks Gaelic or writes songs anymore, and fishing.
Colour photograph of Balephuil in the snow in December 2000.
Balephuil in the snow in December 2000, photographed by Su Atkins.
Audio cassette recording of Janet MacIntosh of Scarinish talking to Maggie Campbell on 21/5/2004.
Janet MacIntosh of Urvaig talks to Maggie Campbell in May 2004 about her schooldays in Balemartine, her childhood and wartime memories, Sunday customs, her travels round Scotland as a pilgrim, women’s clothing and work, baptisms in Tiree, the 19th century Baptist revival on the Ross of Mull, the Community Council, differences between the east and west of Tiree, self education, second sight and ghost stories, Tiree Bards, the hardness of life in the past with poverty, disease and the death of children; Janet finishes by singing a hymn composed by Neil MacDonald of Kilmoluaig
Calendar for 2005 `Tiree -The sunshine isle` by Sue Anderson.
2005 calendar by Sue Anderson with recipes and detachable postcards with colour views of Tiree.
Audio cassette recording of Dr John MacInnes Giving a talk in An Iodhlann in 2000.
Dr John MacInnes of the School of Scottish Studies talks in 2000 about the reasons he finds Tiree so memorable and about Donald Sinclair (Dòmhnall Chaluim Bhain) of Balephuil, his knowledge of genealogy, his second-sight, his turn of phrase, songs and their tunes, Gaelic hymns and the stories he told about Fionn, Oscar and Diarmid, historical legends and Icelandic sagas, the Campbells of Appin and the murder of Colin Campbell. (Continued on AC203)
Black and white photograph of Donald Sinclair of Balephuil.
Donald Sinclair (Domhnall Chaluim Bhain) of Balephuil photographed by Eric Cregeen in June 1971.
Black and white photograph of Donald Sinclair of Balephuil.
Donald Sinclair (Domhnall Chaluim Bhain) of Balephuil photographed by Eric Cregeen in June 1971.
Black and white photograph of a postcard of Balephuil and Kennavara.
Postcard of Balephuil, Traigh Bhi and Ceann a` Bhara.
Black and white photograph of a postcard of Balephuil.
Postcard of Balephuil viewed from the bay.
Audio cassette recording of Bernie Smith, Hynish talking to Maggie Campbell in October 2001.
Bernie Smith of Hynish talks to Maggie Campbell in October 2001 about coming to Tiree aged four or five, his schooling at Balemartine, the Balephuil tragedy, his teachers and learning Gaelic, going to Glasgow at 16 to become a joiner, working with a plumber on Tiree, his boyhood, Sabbath observance, dances, changes at the airport, people in Balephuil, competing in the Mod, fishing and the Tiree bards; Bernie sings two Gaelic songs.
