Paperback book `The Ring-Net Fishermen` by Angus Martin.
The life and work of ring-net fishermen from the early 19th century to present day.
1999.299.3
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2001.186.5
Newspaper cutting about Iain Hamilton and Geoff Gladwell.
Article about fishermen Iain Hamilton of Cornaigbeg and Geoff Gladwell from Fife who were rescued by helicopter after their boat sank near Hynish point on 27/9/2001.
1999.299.4
Paperback book `Cunnartan Cuain` by Aonghas Mac a` Phi.
The story of three generations of fishermen and the shipwrecks they were involved with.
1999.299.1
Paperback book `Salt in the Blood` by James Miller.
The story of Scottland`s fishing communities past and present.
1999.299.2
Paperback book `Clann-Nighean an Sgadan` by Tormod Calum Domhnallach and Leslie Davenport.
The story of the Scottish herring girls in the 19th and early 20th century.
1999.300.3
Paperback book The Hebrides – A Habitable Land` by J. M. Boyd and I.L. Boyd.
The first volume of a trilogy spanning the complete natural history of the Hebrides.
2000.50.3
Hardback book `The Sea Fisheries of Scotland` by James R. Coull.
The history and development of the Scottish sea fisheries.
2000.225.7
Hardback book `The Islands of Scotland: a Living Marine Heritage’ by John M. Baxter and Michael B. Usher.
Description of the marine flora and fauna around Scotland`s islands and their sustainable use.
De-accessioned 1.3.2026.
2001.174.1
Audio cassette recording of Bernie Smith, Hynish talking to Maggie Campbell in October 2001.
Bernie Smith of Hynish talks to Maggie Campbell in October 2001 about coming to Tiree aged four or five, his schooling at Balemartine, the Balephuil tragedy, his teachers and learning Gaelic, going to Glasgow at 16 to become a joiner, working with a plumber on Tiree, his boyhood, Sabbath observance, dances, changes at the airport, people in Balephuil, competing in the Mod, fishing and the Tiree bards; Bernie sings two Gaelic songs.
2000.200.1
Audio cassette recording of Donald Iain Kennedy, Balephuil talking to Maggie Campbell in 2000.
Donald Iain Kennedy of Balephuil talks to Maggie Campbell in 2000 about the people he remembers in Balephuil, the shop, fishing and the skill of the local people, the places he would fish from, the weather, second sight, healing powers, the ministers in Balephuil, a fatal accident, the local poets and the songs they wrote, shebeens, teachers and school, and tells stories about the old people. Tha Dòmhnall Iain ’Ic Ualraig a Baile Phuill a’ bruidhinn ri Magaidh Chaimbeul ann an 2000 mu na daoine aig am bheil cuimhne aige a bha ann am Baile Phuill, am bùth, iasgach agus sgil nan daoine-ionadail, na carraigean far am biodh e ag iasgach, an tide, an dà shealladh, comas leighis, ministearan Bhaile Phuill, tubaist-bhàs mhòr, na bàird ionadail agus na h-òrain a sgrìobh iad, ‘shebeens’, tidsearan agus sgoil; tha e ag innse naidheachdan mu na seann daoine.