Black and white photograph of Donald Kennedy, Moss.
Donald Kennedy (Denny) outside his house in Moss, now known as Crossroads Cottage, in the 1950s. Donald was the maternal grandfather of Evelyn O`Flynn.
2000.83.3
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2000.83.8
Black and white photograph of Donald Kennedy and his daughter-in-law April.
Donald Kennedy (Denny) and his daughter-in-law April on the croft at Heylipol in the early 1940s. April is pouring a shot of whiskey into the tea. The croft was the first one on the left going up the Heylipol road from the church.
2000.83.9
Black and white photograph of Malcolm Kennedy of Moss.
Malcolm Kennedy of Moss with a scythe and sheepdog on the Heylipol croft in the late 1930s.
1998.174.3
Black and white photograph taken at Hillside, Balephuil around 1918.
Hillside, Balephuil around 1918. L-R: Mary MacArthur; Catherine Brown; Mary Cross; Alexander Brown; Hugh Brown, Hillside; Hector Sinclair, Bail` Ur.
1998.248.12
Branding iron.
Branding iron (630 mm long) with letter `M` used by Jake Munn, Baugh Farm probably in the 1930s.
1998.156.24
Black and white photograph of Donald MacInnes and Charlie Clark.
Donald MacInnes? (Duncan MacInnes` uncle) and Charlie Clark with a horse-drawn cart loaded with hay.
1999.216.1
Audio cassette recording of Hugh MacLean of Barrapol talking to Maggie Campbell in October 1999.
Hugh MacLean of Barrapol talks to Maggie Campbell in October 1999 about his boyhood and schooling at Sgoil na Mòintich, his work on the farm, a spell in the Merchant Navy and 40 years as clerk to Tain Committee, old burial places, old farming methods using horses, harvesting, changes in the weather, planting potatoes, Tiree-made shoes, storms and tornadoes, New Year festivities, whisky, the Glassary and Curtis-Stanford. Tha Iain Aonghais a’ bruidhinn ri Magaidh Chaimbeul anns an Dàmhair 1999 mu na daoine agus àiteachan ann agus mun cuairt Cill Moluaig, feum crotail airson aodach a dhath gu dearg, diofrach thobhtaichean mun cuairt Loch Bhasapol far am b’ àbhaist bradan agus bric a bhi, mac fear-uasal Dhòmhnall ’IcIllEathain a bha na fhear-brathaidh airson an Ruis, mar a fhuair ‘An Green’ ainm, na cathaidhean gainmhaiche a b’ àbhaist a bhi ann, uisge air a tharraing a tobraichean, ag obair air na croitean le eich, a’ cur coirce, neipean agus buntàta, a’ toirt sìol don mhuilinn ann an Còrnaig agus cion nan daoine far an robh iad uaireigin gu math lìonmhor.
2001.97.29
Photocopied extracts from the County of Argyll Sixth Annual Report by the Medical Officer of Health Dr Roger MacNeill, pp 44-45.
Report by Dr Buchanan about the improvement in housing in Tiree, especially cottars` housing.
1999.216.3
Audio cassette recording of John MacKinnon of Kilmoluaig talking to Maggie Campbell in October 1999.
John MacKinnon (Iain Chaluim) talks to Maggie Campbell in October 1999 about the people and places in and around Kilmoluaig, the use of lichen to dye cloth red, various ruins in the area around Loch Bhasapol where there used to be salmon and trout, the son of Sir Donald MacLean who spied for Russia, how the Green got its name, the once frequent sand drifts, the water drawn from wells, working crofts with horses, planting oats, turnips and potatoes, taking grain to the mill at Cornaig and the scarcity of people where they were once so plentiful. Tha Iain Chaluim a’ bruidhinn ri Magaidh Chaimbeul anns an Dàmhair 1999 mu na daoine agus àiteachan ann agus mun cuairt Cill Moluaig, feum crotail airson aodach a dhath gu dearg, diofrach thobhtaichean mun cuairt Loch Bhasapol far am b’ àbhaist bradan agus bric a bhi, mac fear-uasal Dhòmhnall ’IcIllEathain a bha na fhear-brathaidh airson an Ruis, mar a fhuair ‘An Green’ ainm, na cathaidhean gainmhaiche a b’ àbhaist a bhi ann, uisge air a tharraing a tobraichean, ag obair air na croitean le eich, a’ cur coirce, neipean agus buntàta, a’ toirt sìol don mhuilinn ann an Còrnaig agus cion nan daoine far an robh iad uaireigin gu math lìonmhor.
1998.137.3
Black and white postcard of John Brownlie, Barrapol.
John Brownlie, father of Johann MacKinnon of Barrapol, with an unknown girl on a Clydesdale mare, probably taken in the 1930s or 40s.
