List of prisoners from Tiree in Inverary Jail 1843-8.
Transcribed and abridged list of prisoners from Tiree in Inverary Jail between 6/1/1843 and 28/2/1848.
2003.81.1
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2003.70.8
Newspaper cutting `The Quern-Dust Calendar` by Raghnall MacilleDhuibh.
Article about the Ardnamurchan pirate Archibald MacDonald (Mac Iain Ghiorr) c. 1600-1650.
2003.48.5
Printout from Inverary jail website www.inveraryjail.co.uk about Hector MacDonald who murdered his wife Jane Seaton and was transported to Australia.
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2003.1.10
Newspaper cutting about an assault in the Scarinish Hotel in October 2002.
A man accused of a racially aggravated assault on John Rennie, a Tiree fisherman, in the Scarinish bar on 18th October 2002, had his case found not proven in Oban Sheriff Court.
2002.193.1
Newspaper cutting `The Quern-Dust Calendar` by Raghnall MacilleDhuibh.
Theories about the factual basis of stories about women being kidnapped by fairies.
2002.193.3
Paperback book `The Secret Still` by Gavin D. Smith.
The historical events and legislation that gave rise to the boom in illicit distilling when the Scottish countryside and even city centres were awash with whiskey which had been distilled without payment of excise duty.
2002.188.12
Photocopied letter from the factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 22/10/1890.
Letter from the factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 22/10/1890 to the Duke`s chamberlain about the stipend for Rev. John Gregorson Campbell, the stealing of bent (marram grass?) behind Hough, the repayments of loans to fishermen and rent arrears.
1997.233.5
Audio cassette recording of Duncan MacPhee talking to Reg Knapman.
Duncan MacPhee talks to Reg Knapman about the Cornaigbeg and Scarinish MacLeans, Ciorstaidh Mhor, his grandparents, Scarinish farms, his father and old stories, Balephetrish houses and Tom Barr, his early working days, the building trade, his wife, crimes, boarded-outs. Mary Ann Munn of Crossapol also recorded.
1997.140.1
Photocopied indictment against six Tiree men for `mobbing, rioting and deforcement` dated 1886.
High Court indictment against Alexander MacLean, Colin Henderson, Hector MacDonald, John Sinclair, George William Campbell, John MacFadyen, Gilbert MacDonald and Donald MacKinnon for `Mobbing and Rioting; As also Deforcing an Officer of the Law in the Execution of his Duty`.
2002.111.6
Newspaper article `Police files – Cow killed`.
A man has been reported to the procurator fiscal in Oban for various driving offences after an accident on Tiree which involved a car hitting and killing a cow.