Notes on Gaelic songs and poems made by George Holleyman in 1942-43
Photocopy of notebooks containing Gaelic songs and poems collected by George Holleyman while he served on RAF Tiree during 1942-43.
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Inventory of the George Holleyman collection held at An Iodhlann 2013
Printed list of numbered items in the George Holleyman collection of artefacts, photographs, manuscripts and notebooks, held at An Iodhlann. Copy included at the start of the G Holleyman collection file folder. George Holleyman FSA was an archaeologist who was stationed at RAF Tiree during WWII. He carried out significant amounts of pioneering archaeological work in Sussex during the first half of the 20th century, along with Drs. Eliot and Cecil Curwen. He was made a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1949.
Booklet `Ossian` 1982
Magazine of Comann Oiseanach Oilthigh with articles by Ailean Boid (Alan Boyd), Balephuil.
Book of Gaelic songs with accompanying CD
Softback book of traditional Gaelic songs with musical score and English translation, with an accompanying audio CD inside the back cover.
De-accessioned 20.3.2026.
Video of the attempt to set a new record for carol singing in December 2012
Copy of a DVD of the Tiree Community`s contribution to a UK-wide attempt to break the record for the number of people carol singing at the same time. Led by Rev Elspeth MacLean at Kirkapol Church on 16th December 2012. Sadly, the record was not broken.
Book “Fonn – The Campbells of Greepe”, 2013
Large hardback book about the music, family trees and land of the Campells of Greepe on the Isle of Skye, 1700s – 2011. Signed by Kenna Campbell, Wilma Kennedy, Seumas Campbell, Maggie MacDonald and ??
Notice from the Edinburgh Gazette 1895 regarding Kilkenneth crofters to appear in Court.
Printed transcription of a notice from the Edinburgh Gazette 1895 announcing that the tenant farmer of Greenhill, Lachlan MacNeil, and the Duke of Argyll, require six Kilkenneth crofters to appear in Oban Sheriff Court for examination (probably regarding their illegal occupation of the land at Greenhill during the Land League aggitation). Crofters named are Neil Brown, John Campbell, Widow Alexander Kennedy, Colin MacIntyre, John MacDonald and Widow Neil MacKinnon.
Gaelic Bible, 1914
Small, black hardback Gaelic Bible published in 1914. Signed on the inside cover as belonging to “John Munn, Heanish”. Found during renovations of his house at Heanish in 2013.
Book `The Carrying Stream Flows On`, 2013
Softback book celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of the School of Scottish Studies in Edinburgh, containing contributions by scholars at an international conference held in Shetland in 2011.
