Audio cassette recording of Hugh MacLean, Barrapol, interviewed by Hector MacPhail in Barrapol on 13/10/1995.
Hugh MacLean (Eòghann Dhòmhnaill Eòghainn Mhòr) of Barrapol talks to Hector MacPhail in 1997 about his family’s genealogy; the Reverends MacKinnon, MacArthur, MacNiven, MacLean and MacDonald of Barrapol and Sandaig and Cameron of Kilmoluaig; sea-faring experiences, Captains Angus Lamont – composer of the song `Lag na Cruachan` – and Donald MacArthur of Milton; the family of author Alistair MacLean; John MacLean, the Balemartine bard, and bard Donald MacKechnie; pottery, stirrups found in Balevullin machair and graveyards. Tha Eòghann Dhòmhnaill Eòghainn Mhòir a Goirtean Dòmhnall a’ bruidhinn ri Eachann MhicPhàil ann an 1997 mu shloinntearachd a’ theaglaich; na ministearan MhicFhionghain, MhicArtair, MhicGhilleNaomh, MhicIllEathain agus MhicDhòmhnaill a Goirtean Dòmhnall agus Sanndaig, agus na Camshronaich a Cill Moluaig; cleachdaidhean fairge, sgiobairean Aonghas MacLaomuinn – a sgrìobh an t-òran Lag na Cruachan – agus Dòmhnall MhicArtair a Milton; teaghlach Alasdair MhicIllEathain an sgrìobhadair; Iain MacIlleathain, bàrd Bhaile Mhàrtainn, agus Dòmhnall ’IcEacharna; crèadhadaireachd agus stiorapan a chaidh fhaotainn ann am machair agus cladhan Bhaile Mhuilinn.
Photocopied photographs of a brooch found in a Viking burial site near Cornaigbeg.
This bronze ‘tortoise’ brooch was found with a bronze brooch-pin in a Viking burial site near Cornaigbeg some time before 1872, and was donated to the Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland. The exact location of the grave is no longer known.
Audio cassette recording of Rev. Robert Higham interviewed by Maggie Campbell in the Manse at Gott on 19/8/2002.
Rev. Robert Higham talks to Maggie Campbell at Gott Manse in August 2002 about Christianity on Tiree since the 13th century, the Tiree chapels particularly those at Kirkapol and other sites of worship, the place-names associated with saints, the restoration of the Kirkapol chapels and the pilgrimage route.
Audio cassette recording of Neil Johnston, Heanish interviewed by Maggie Campbell in Heanish on 24/6/2002.
Maggie Campbell talks to Neil Johnston of Heanish in June 2002 about his work with the Council Roads Department, clearing cattle grids, tending the cemeteries, the gravel pit at Moss, and also the dances during the Glasgow Fair. Tha Magaidh Chaimbeul a’ bruidhinn ri Niall Mac Iain a Hianais anns an Òg Mhìos 2002 mun obair aige aig le Roinn nan Rathad aig a’ Chomhairle; a’ glanadh nan cliathan chruidh; a’ sgioblachadh nan cladh; an doc greabhail ’sa Mhòinteach; agus cuideachd dannsaichean aig An Fhèill Ghlaschu.
Photocopied extract from RCAHMS `Argyll` re Old Parish Church and Burial-ground, Soroby and drawing of Balinoe Church where Robert Maxwell MacFarlane once lived.
Photocopied extract from RCAHMS `Argyll` re Old Parish Church and Burial-ground, Soroby and drawing of Balinoe Church where Robert Maxwell MacFarlane once lived.
