Tag Archives: boats and water travel

1999.193.1

Colour photograph of the crew of `Sgoth Niseach`

The crew of the Sgoth Niseach `Sulaire` which won the Class 1 cup at the regatta on 4/7/1998. L-R: Andy Cameron, Baugh; Colin MacDonald, Crossapol; skipper Kenny Morrison (seated), Ben Lay, Scarinish (seated); Colleen MacLean; Angus Brendon MacNeill. Original in Filing Cabinet 4 drawer 2.

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1997.233.1

Audio cassette recording of Iain MacDonald talking to Reg Knapman in Scarinish in 1982

Iain MacDonald (Iain Noan) talks to Reg Knapman in 1982 about the MacLeans in Cornaig and Scarinish and their relation to Rossdhu, his grandfather and the `Mary Stewart`, starting work, WWII, CalMac ships and the service years ago, Tiree working boats, Flora Campbell and her family, the MacLeans and MacDonalds of Kenovay, the Rev. James Curry, Dr Armstrong and Kenneth MacKenzie, the piermaster.

1997.233.2

Audio cassette recording of Duncan MacPhee talking to Reg Knapman.

Duncan MacPhee talks to Reg Knapman about the Customs & Excise, smuggling, brewing and shebeens, methods of building, Captain Robert Nisbet of Heanish, Captain Donald MacKinnon of the `Taeping`, the Home Guard, HMS Sturdy, the history of Scarinish piers, his family, the ferry service before the pier, Niall and Iain Alainn, Lady Victoria Campbell and Lord Ash, Lady Ferguson and Miss Gibb, the Dukes of Argyll, Tiree boat building, superstitions and some old stories.

1997.234.1

Audio cassette of a BBC Radio programme with Dr John MacInness talking to Hugh MacLean and Donald Archie Kennedy about Donald Sinclair of Balephuil recorded in 1995.

BBC Radio programme broadcast in 1995 with Dr John MacInnes of the Scottish School of Studies talking to Hugh MacLean and Donald Archie Kennedy about the life and songs of Donald Sinclair (Dhòmhnall Chaluim Bhain) of Balephuil, with extracts of previous recordings of Domhnall Chaluim Bhain singing his own songs and talking about Captain Donald MacKinnon and the Great China Tea Race, second sight, curses and healing powers.
BBC program Rèidio air a chur a mach ann an 1995 le Dotair Iain Mac Aonghais a Sgoil Eòlais na h-Alba a bruidhinn ri Eòghann Mac ’illeathainn agus Dòmhnall Èairdsidh Mac Ualraig mu beatha agus òrain Dhòmhnaill Chaluim Bhàin a Baile Phuill, le giorradan seann clàran de Dòmhnall Chaluim Bhàin a’ seinn òrain, a’ bruidhinn mu ’n Sgiobair Dòmhnall Mac Fhionghainn agus an Reis Mhòr an Ti Shina, an dath shealladh, guidheachan agus comas leigheis.

1997.235.1

Audio cassette recording of Seumas na Croige with Alan Boyd.

Alan Boyd talks to James MacDonald (Seumas na Croige) of West Hynish about his sea-faring days and being shipwrecked in World War I, his schooldays at Balemartine School, the people of West Hynish and Bail’ Ur, their nicknames and genealogy, fishing and different types of seaweed, thatched houses, healing powers, Captain Donald MacKinnon of the Great China Tea Race, and place-names in Balephuil and West Hynish. Gàidhlig neo-mhodail: Tha Ailean Bòid a’ bruidhinn ri Seumas Mac Dhòmhnaill (Seumas na Croige) as na Cùiltean mu na làithean aige aig fairge agus mar a chaidh am bàta air an robh e air na sgeirean ’sa Cheud Chogadh, làithean sgoile ann am Baile Mhàrtainn, muinntir nan Cùiltean agus am Bail’ Ùr, a far-ainm agus an sloinneadh aca, iasgach, deifir sheòrsa feamainn, taighean tugha, comasan leigheis, an sgiobair Dòmhnall Mac Fhionghainn, fear Reis Mhòr an Ti Shina agus ainmean-aite ann am Baile Phuill agus na Cùiltean