Hardback book `Scotland of the Saints` by D. D. C. Pochin Mould.
The history of Argyll and Dalriada and the work of the Celtic saints in the West Highlands of Scotland.
1999.157.1
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2003.28.17
Hardback book `Scottish Islands` by Ian Grimble.
Illustrated history of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles (short references to Tiree).
De-accessioned 1.3.2026.
1997.228.1
Audio cassette recording of a 1997 Feis lecture about St Columba by Professor Donald Meek.
Professor Meek talks about the life of St Columba, Tiree`s monastic history and chapels. In English with a Gaelic introduction.
1999.7.1
Photocopied photograph of bronze pin found in a Viking burial site near Cornaigbeg.
Bronze pin, part of a brooch, found in a Viking burial site in the Cornaigbeg area and donated to RCAHMS in 1872.
1999.7.2
Photocopied photographs of a brooch found in a Viking burial site near Cornaigbeg.
This bronze ‘tortoise’ brooch was found with a bronze brooch-pin in a Viking burial site near Cornaigbeg some time before 1872, and was donated to the Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland. The exact location of the grave is no longer known.
1999.7.3
Photocopied information about a Viking brooch and bronze pin found near Cornaigbeg.
Information about a Viking brooch and bronze pin found near Cornaigbeg and donated to RCAHMS in 1872.
2002.162.1
Periodical `West Highland Notes and Queries`, August 2002, Series 3, No. 4.
Four articles: 1. Somerled and his family; 2. The Battle between John MacDougall of Lorn and Robert the Bruce in 1308; 3. From Taynish to West Meath: A Musical link; 4. Which brother?
1997.207.1
Medical equipment from Tiree Airport.
Medical equipment found at Tiree Airport, consisting 4 tourniquets, 1 corkscrew (1960), 1 urinometer, 2 x 4oz cotton wool (1952), 2 magnifying glasses, ether masks, airways, needle holder (1959), assorted catgut ampoules size 0.1, aromatic ammonia capsules, standard dressing no. 9, 2 standard dressings no. 12 (1945), Enflavine dressing no. 12, 3 shell dresssings (1944), dibromopropamidine cream, eye solution no. 1, finger dressing, sterliser with burner, 2 blood administration sets, 6 chloroform ampoules (1939; empty), 2 silkworm gut.
1997.198.1
Laminated text from An Iodhlann`s 1997 exhibition.
Thirteen laminated sheets from An Iodhlann`s 1997 exhibition about the Reading Room, nicknames, Loch a` Riaghainn and the Vikings in Scarinish.
2002.131.58
Paperback book `The Lord of the Isles` by Raymond Campbell Paterson.
The rise and fall of Clan Donald.