Township history for Scarinish researched and written by Hector MacPhail.
Information about smacks and schooners owned in Tiree, Scarinish pier, the Scarinish MacLeans, MacDonalds and MacFadyens, and master mariners.
Click here to view 1998.44.5
Township history for Heanish researched and written by Hector MacPhail.
Information about the MacKinnons in Heanish.
Click here to view 1998.44.7
Magazine `Scottish Memories`, October 2000.
Magazine article about the wreck of the `Nessmore` on rocks off Coll in 1895 (pp 12-13).
Photocopied booklet `An t-Aiseag na Iar` by Prof. Donald Meek.
Illustrated booklet about the history of Caledonian MacBrayne, captains and ferries.
Black and white postcard of Scarinish harbour.
Postcard of Scarinish harbour. The building in the background was originally built as a church, was then used intermittently as a prison and latterly as a store by the owners of the Mary Stewart. It was pulled down to make roads during World War II.
Black and white postcard of Scarinish harbour ca. 1880
Postcard of Scarinish with the Mary and Effie in the harbour and the hotel in the background taken around 1880. One of the boats is Alan MacFadyen`s smack.
Black and white postcard of Taigh Mairi Claddach in Scarinish.
The `Spindrift` outside Taigh Mairi Claddach in Scarinish.
Black and white photograph of the Mary Stewart.
The interior of the Mary Stewart in Scarinish harbour photographed by Morton Boyd in the 1940s or 50s.
Black and white photograph of the `Claymore` at Gott Bay pier.
The `Claymore` at Gott Bay pier, photographed by Morton Boyd in the late 1950s.
Black and white photograph of a coal puffer on Balinoe beach in 1953.
Coal puffer on Balinoe beach unloading coal into horse-drawn carts, photographed by Morton Boyd in 1953.
