Newsletter `Fios agus Fathunn`, No. 6, 1981.
Local news including Strathclyde Regional Structural Plan, a Gaelic song by George Campbell of Cornaigbeg, the mains water supply, the coastguard, the Community Enterprise Porgramme, thatched houses, the churches, birdwatching and a marine survey of Tiree and Coll.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 3 (new issue), 28/2/1990.
Local news including the nursing beds at Taigh a` Ruadh, the Hebridean Trust activity centre at Hynish, a new waiting room at the surgery, the youth club, CalMac`s summer timetable and news from the Women`s Guild, the gardening club and the feis.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 54, 20/1/1993.
Local news including a request for nominations to the Community Council, MP`s call for lower ferry fares for residents, article by Development Officer Donneil Kennedy, the feis, Hough – part 1 by Sandy MacKinnon and the timetable for the school and post bus runs.
Newsletter `Fios agus Fathunn`, No. 7, 1981.
Local news including the funding of the Community Council by Argyll District Council, the arrival of new GP Dr Donald Campbell, the absence of a library at at Cornaig School, the conveyance of foodstuff by CalMac, surveyors on Beinn Hynish, bilingual road signs, Vaul Golf Club news, article by vet Pat Boyd, the churches and the Boys Brigade.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 6, 25/4/1990.
Local news including CalMac`s 1991 summer timetable, Tiree place-names and the effects of global warming.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 57, 3/3/1993.
Local news including the future of An Tirisdeach without a Community Council, the discharge of radioactive materials into the Irish Sea, the ferry service, the Corncrake Initiative, visit of a touring theatre group and the Council Tax banding for Tiree.
Hardback book `A Hebridean journey` by Elizabeth Stucley.
Account by Elizabeth Stucley of a journey through the Highlands and Islands following the route of Johnson and Boswell in the 18th century.
De-accessioned 1.3.2026.
The tea clippers ‘Taeping’ and ‘Ariel’
Print of the tea clippers ‘Taeping’ and ‘Ariel’ competing in the Great China Tea Clipper Race of 1866.
Courtesy of Mr Donald MacKinnon
In 1866 London tea importers paid a premium of 10 shillings a ton for the first China tea of the season to arrive in London. On 30th May sixteen clippers left Foochow, including the favourite, the ‘Ariel’, and the ‘Taeping’, captained by Donald MacKinnon of Heanish and carrying almost 500 tons of tea.
As the boats raced home, the lead passed from one ship to another. As they reached the Lizard, the ‘Ariel’ and ‘Taeping’ were level. However, the shallower draught of the ‘Taeping’ allowed her to beat the tide and reach London Docks twenty minutes earlier than the ‘Ariel’, 16,000 miles and 99 days after leaving China.
The tea merchants of London were less than delighted to have such a glut of tea on the market and never offered the premium again. Captain MacKinnon returned to Tiree in glory but died the following year aged thirty-nine.
Black and white photograph of a Tiree regatta in 1937.
Tiree regatta leaving Scarinish harbour in July 1937.
Black and white photograph of the boats at Caoles in 1937.
Boats moored at Caoles in July 1937.
