Colour photograph of Neil Kennedy of Balevullin.
Neil Kennedy, late husband of Ellen Kennedy, shearing a sheep in Balevullin.
2000.242.3
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2000.242.4
Tinted and retouched photograph of Catherine and Alexander Kennedy in the 1920s.
Catherine and Alexander Kennedy, parents of Donald Kennedy of Balevullin, in the 1920s.
2004.62.5
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.
2004.62.6
Collection of seven postcards of Tiree by Sue Anderson.
Seven postcards of Tiree by Sue Anderson: Balevullin thatched house; Brock; Port Ban; Balinoe beach; Kennavara; four traditional Tiree houses; Gott Bay pier.
2004.40.1
Report by Katinka Stentoft titled `Tiree Prospective Settlement Survey`.
Results of a walkover survey of the machair areas of noth-west Tiree in September 2003 with the purpose of locating possible settlement sites of Viking or Late Norse date.
2004.38.18
Black and white photograph of siblings Marion, Neil and Maggie MacLean of Balevullin in the 1910s.
L-R: Siblings Marion, Neil and Maggie MacLean of Balevullin in the 1910s. Marion died of flu in 1918, Duncan became Tiree`s first vet and Maggie became a teacher and married Ernest Richardson.
2004.38.20
Black and white photograph of policemen Neil MacLean of Balevullin in the 1910s.
Policemen Neil MacLean (1893-1961) of Balevullin, father of nurse Flora MacKinnon, photographed in Glasgow probably in the 1920s.
2004.38.2
Black and white photograph of vet Duncan MacLean of Balevullin with an unknown man.
Vet Duncan MacLean (1904-1958) of Balevullin on the left with an unknown man, possibly his father, taken in the 1920s or 30s.
2004.38.3
Vet Duncan MacLean of Balevullin with his mother
Photograph of vet Duncan MacLean of Balevullin with his mother.
Courtesy of Mrs Flora MacKinnon
Duncan MacLean of Balevullin was the first veterinary surgeon on Tiree. Educated at Cornaig School, the headmaster of the time, Donald O. MacLean, recognised his potential and recommended to his family that he study at Glasgow University.
Back on Tiree after qualifying, he worked from a surgery next to the family thatched house in Balevullin. He was the first to do TB testing on the island and he introduced cobalt licks to prevent ‘pine’ in sheep grazing on the sandy, mineral-deficient machair.
He is remembered as a brilliant vet and a character. Many patients would prefer to see him than the doctor! Duncan never married and is pictured here with his mother. He died in 1955.
Black and white photograph of vet Duncan MacLean of Balevullin with an unknown woman.
Vet Duncan MacLean (1904-1958) of Balevullin on the right with an unknown woman, possibly his mother, taken in the 1930s.
2004.38.4
Black and white photograph of vet Duncan MacLean of Balevullin in June 1928.
Duncan MacLean (1904-1958) of Balevullin, the first veterinary in Tiree, on the day of the Land Court Commissioners in June 1928.
