Nine Transcripts of Feis lecture `Columba`s Other Island?` given by Prof. Donald Meek in 1997.
St. Columba and early Christianity in Tiree.
| Tags: balephetrish , chapels , gott , kennavara , kilkenneth , kilmoluaig , kirkapol , religious foundations and conflicts , soroby , special terms , st columba | | Dates: 1000s , 1100s , 1200s , 1300s , 1400s , 500s , 600s , 700s , 800s , 900s | | Townships: balephetrish , gott , kilkenneth , kilmoluaig , kirkapol | | Object Types: composition | | People: Meek, Professor Donald, Caoles | Hardback book `Revivals in the Highlands and Islands in the 19th Century` by Rev. Alexander MacRae.
Religious revivals in the Highlands and Islands (Tiree pp 58-63, 196)
| Tags: balemartine , gott , the church | | Dates: 1830s , 1840s , 1850s , 1860s , 1870s , 1880s , 1890s , 1900s | | Townships: balemartine , gott | | Object Types: book | | People: MacFarlane, Rev. Duncan, Balinoe (1822 - 1908) , MacFarlane, Rev. John, Balinoe (1815 - 1881) | Photocopied book extract `List of Inhabitants of Tyree and their Age in September 1779` edited by Eric Cregeen.
The inhabitants listed by township and family.
Click here to view extract 1997.54.1 Cornaigmore
| Tags: balemartine , balephetrish , balephuil , balevullin , barrapol , baugh , caoles , communities , cornaigbeg , cornaigmore , crossapol , gott , greenhill , heanish , heylipol , hough , hynish , kenovay , kilkenneth , kilmoluaig , kirkapol , mannal , middleton , ruaig , salum , sandaig , scarinish , vaul | | Dates: 1770s | | Townships: balemartine , balephetrish , balephuil , balevullin , barrapol , baugh , cornaigbeg , cornaigmore , crossapol , gott , greenhill , heanish , heylipol , hough , hynish , kenovay , kilkenneth , kilmoluaig , kirkapol , mannal , middleton , ruaig , salum , sandaig , scarinish , vaul | | Object Types: book extract | Photocopied newspaper article `The Island of Tiree` by A MacLean Sinclair
Newspaper article by A MacLean Sinclair containing three stories of Tiree: (1) How Neil MacFadyen and Donald MacLean were seized by the crew of a French brig and forced to pilot the ship to Lochnanuagh where Prince Charlie and 130 of his followers embarked for France, (2) An attempt to trace the ancestry of Dr James MacLean of Balephuill from Hector Roy, ninth laird of Coll, (3) Biographical information about the Rev. John Sinclair from the Gott area.
Click here to view 1997.60.1
| Tags: biography , bonnie prince charlie , gott , hough , land tenure , ministers , ruaig , the church , vaul | | Dates: 1700s , 1800s | | Townships: gott , hough , ruaig , vaul | | Object Types: newsprint | | People: MacLean, Mr Donald "the Pilot", Ruaig (1727 - ) , Sinclair, Rev. John C., Gott/North Carolina (1800 - 1878) | Photocopied extracts from book `Witchcraft & Second Sight in the Highlands & Islands of Scotland` by John Gregorson Campbell.
Tales and traditions collected entirely from oral sources by John Gregorson Campbell, minister of Tiree from 1861-91.
| Tags: balephetrish , barrapol , caoles , cats , controlling the elements , cornaigmore , gaelic , gott , horses , hough , hynish , kennavara , kenovay , kilmoluaig , kirkapol , magic and witchcraft in general , milk , prophecy and second sight , rats , ruaig , scarinish , shape shifting and flying , sheep , supernatural animals and half animals , undefined or non-human apparitions , vaul , vets | | Townships: balephetrish , barrapol , cornaigmore , gott , hough , hynish , kenovay , kilmoluaig , kirkapol , ruaig , scarinish , vaul | | Object Types: book extract | | People: Campbell, Rev. John Gregorson, Tiree (1836 - 1891) | Photocopy of book `Argyll Estates Instructions` 1771-1805 edited by Eric Cregeen.
The instructions given by John, the 5th Duke of Argyll to his Chamberlain in Mull and Morvern and his Chamberlain in Tiree with an introduction by Eric Cregeen.
Available to read online here: National Library of Scotland
| Tags: balemartine , balephetrish , balephuil , balevullin , balinoe , barley , barrapol , baugh , caoles , cartwrights , cattle , chemical work , committees , cornaigbeg , cornaigmore , crofters and crofting , crossapol , cultivation , drinks and stimulants , dykes , fishing , flax , fuel and firing , gott , greenhill , harbours , heanish , heylipol , horses , hough , hynish , kelp , kennavara , kenovay , kilmoluaig , kirkapol , land tenure , livestock , mannal , marble , markets fairs and sales , metalwork , middleton , mills and millers , mining and quarrying , oats , outbuildings temporary buildings enclosures , peats , potatoes , rents , ruaig , runrigs , salum , scarinish , schools , sheep , smiddies and blacksmiths , tacksmen , textiles and tailoring , vaul , water routes , whiskey stills , woodworking | | Dates: 1770s , 1780s , 1790s , 1800s | | Townships: balemartine , balephetrish , balephuil , balevullin , balinoe , barrapol , baugh , cornaigbeg , cornaigmore , crossapol , gott , greenhill , heanish , heylipol , hough , hynish , kenovay , kilmoluaig , kirkapol , mannal , middleton , ruaig , salum , scarinish , vaul | | Object Types: book | Photocopied article about Rev. William John MacLeod
Minister with two flocks – his congregation and his sheep.
Newspaper cutting about incomers` views of Tiree, with photocopies.
Views of Jack and Audrey Carter and John and Nancy Martin on living on Tiree, and Article on Mary and Elizabeth Robertson`s garden and craft shop at the Glebe.
