Audio cassette recording of Hugh MacLean of Barrapol talking to John Donald MacLean in 1997.
Hugh MacLean (Eòghann Dhòmhnaill Eòghainn Mhòr) of Barrapol talks to John Donald MacLean in 1997 about shipwrecks on Tiree’s coast, a song about the Vivo composed by John Brown of Kilmoluaig, the burial ground of a shipwrecked crew at Balevullin, the healthy diet of his younger days, changes in the fishing grounds, shooting duck, geese and cormorants, eating seafood and seaweed, his school-days at Heylipol School, his interest in piping and Tiree pipers and fiddlers, the names of the cliffs caves and fishing rocks at Kennavara and his wartime experiences. Tha Eòghann Dhòmhnaill Eòghainn Mhòr a Goirtean Dòmhnall a’ bruidhinn ri Teòn Dòmhnall a’ Mhuilinn ann an 1997 mu na luing-bhriseadh air na tràighean mun cuairt Thiriodh, òran a chaidh a’ sgrìobhadh mun Vivo le Iain ’IcIllDhuinn a Cill Moluaig, an cladh aig sgioba long-bhriseadh ann am Baile Mhuilinn, am biadh fallain a fhuair e ann an làithean òige, atharrachaidhean ann àiteachan iasgaich, an t-sealgaireachd lacha, geòidh agus sgairbh, ag itheadh biadh-cladaich agus feamainn, a làithean-sgoile an Sgoil na Mòintich, a spies ann am pìobaireachd, pìobairean agus fìdhlearan Thiriodh, ainmeannan nan stùcannan, uamhan agus carraigean ann an Ceann a’ Bhara agus deuchainn an àm a’ chogaidh.
Black and white photograph of Ruaig School in 1952-3.
Ruaig School in 1952-3. L-R: (back row) Mary Gardiner; Annie MacLelland; May Meechan; Jane Meechan; Irene MacDonald, Machair House; Jean MacFarlane, teacher; (2nd back row) John MacLelland; Agne MacCulloch; Jean Cunningham; Sandra Band; Tommy MacKinnon, Vaul; Agnes Law; Gavin Clark; (3rd back row) Mary Ann MacLean; John Shanks; Robert MacDonald; David Conn; Lachie MacDonald; Alfie Tarbert; (front row) Mary MacInnes; Ann MacKinnon (Langley); Sylvia MacKinnon; Betty Cunningham; Ellen Macinnes.
Letter from Donnie Campbell, chairman of Comunn nam Parant, to the secretary of Tiree High School Board dated June 1993.
Information for the School Board about the position of Comunn nam Parant regarding the continuation of teaching through the medium of Gaelic in Secondary School.
Minutes of the meeting of Comunn nam Parant held on 30/9/1993.
Discussion about Gaelic provision in the secondary curriculum, the future staffing of the Gaelic-medium Unit and a Parental Forum to be held in Stornoway.