Black and white photograph of two men fishing in a boat.
Two unknown men out fishing with bamboo rods from a boat.
2006.164.2
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2006.164.3
Black and white photograph of two men fishing in a skiff.
Two unknown men out fishing in a skiff.
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Black and white photograph of the `Alice Roberts`, one of Hector MacPhail`s fishing boats.
Hector MacPhail of Ruaig standing on the deck of his fishing boat `Alice Roberts` in the Sound of Mull.
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Colour photograph of Hector and Flora MacPhail of Skipinnish on board the `Ros Nuala`.
Hector and Flora MacPhail of Skipinnish with their children on board the `Ros Nuala`, a fishing boat bought in Donegal.
2006.151.1
The herring drifter ‘Eriskay’
Photograph of the herring drifter ‘Eriskay’.
Courtesy of Mr Iain MacDonald
The east coast herring drifter, ‘Eriskay’, was bought by Donald Archie MacDonald of Skipinnish, Ruaig. During the Tiree herring boom of 1914-1921, it was used to take catches of herring to the Broomielaw in Glasgow, returning with city goods.
The boiler was below the wheelhouse and kept the man at the wheel warm in the winter and too hot in the summer. The boat went on fire around 1930 in Milton harbour where its boiler can still be seen at low tide.
Donald Archie went on to build the ‘Deirdre’, a 26 foot long motor boat powered by a converted car engine, which took passengers from Tiree on day trips to Iona and Fingal’s Cave.
Photograph of the herring drifter `Eriksay`.
The herring drifter `Eriskay` owned by Donald Archie MacDonald of Skipinnish in Ruaig. It was used to take catches of herring to the Broomielaw in Glasgow during the Tiree herring boom of 1814-1821, returning with city goods. It went on fire around 1830 in Milton harbour where its boiler can still be seen at low tide.
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Twenty-seven colour photographs of Milton taken by Strathclyde Police.
Twenty-seven colour photographs of the burnt-out fishing boats at Milton taken from a Strathclyde Police helicopter after the accident on 20th March 2004.
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Paperback book `Muir is Tir` by George MacLeod.
Gaelic terms and bilingual descriptive notes and drawings centred on traditional Lewis-based fishing in the late 19th/early 20th century.
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Paperback book `The Making of the Crofting Community` by James Hunter.
Account of the events which shaped the modern Highlands.
2005.159.1
Paperback book `West Coast Tales – Riveters, Wrecks and Ring-netters` by Walter Weyndling.
A portrait of sea-faring life on the West Coast and islands, giving an account of 20th century Scottish boat industry.
2005.160.2
Two haddock hooks.
Two No. 19 Mustad-square flatted tinned haddock hooks with long shanks, made in Norway, and used on Tiree for catching flounders. Cost in mid-20th century 2/3d for 100.