Typewritten and bound structural report by Montgomery-Smith & Partners produced for Co Chommann Dualchas Thiroidh/Tiree Heritage Society in July 1999 and concerning the Chapel and the Old Parish Church at Kirkapol. Contains repair recommendations. 6pp plus cover. Black and white with no illustrations.
Bound booklet about the restoration of the Kirkapol Chapels. 14pp. Includes colour photographs, an article entitled St Columba and Tiree by Rev R Higham, grant award notices and a black and white map. Can be dated to c1999 from copy of funding notice.
Digital copy of Description of Tiree from a book published in 1808. Consists of a handwritten transcription from a book, and includes mentions of: Island House, crops, livestock, caves at Ceanm-harra [Kenavara], the Reef, duns [brochs], St Patrick’s Chapel, the discovery of coins in ‘small earthen vessels’, and the discovery of human and horse skeletons in Cornaigbeg. The document also mentions that the ancient name of Tiree was Riog-Hachd-bar-Fathuim, ‘the Kingdom whose summits are lower than the waves’.
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From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.
Large collection of documents from the Tiree Association 1945-2003: 10 ledgers of minutes from meetings May 1945 to 2000; 8 folders of correspondence 1987-1995; 6 folders regarding Glasgow functions 1987-1993; 1 folder of summer functions (Tiree) 1987; 6 folders regarding Annual Gatherings 1987-1992; 1 folder of AGM booklets 1988-1995; 1 folder of miscellanea – centenary celebrations, photo of directors(?) ca 1990, document about restoration of Kirkapol Chapels, rough draft of Nud’s Notebook, list of Life Members and Life Membership card, Tiree Cycle 2002, Burn’s Night 2002, Gathering concert 2003, Jubilee souvenir programmes from 1950 and 1960, founding document for An Iodhlann 1996.
A summary of the history of the Tiree Association was compiled from these documents by Dr John Holliday in Sìl Eòlais No. 44, November 2021. Minutes from before May 1945 were destroyed in a fire.
Black & white photo postcard of the ruined chapel at Kilkenneth, sold by D & H MacArthur, The Store, Scarinish.
Colour photograph of a road sign from Ireland found washed up on Hough Bay in December 2020. Cúrsa timpill is Irish Gaelic for detour – a very long detour indeed!
Colour photograph of Kilkenneth chapel after renovation.
Colour photograph of Kilkenneth chapel before renovation.
Pages from the Antiquary Magazine, 1907, with an illustrated article titled ‘Some Antiquities of Tiree’ by WG Collingwood, about duns and ancient chaples on the island. Mentions the Temperance Hotel in Scarinish and the prosperous appearance of local housing.
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Colour photograph of St Columba’s Chapel at Kirkapol before renovation in 2001.
