Colour photograph of the entrance sign to Glen Bard Cemetery in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 2017. The Tiree poet John MacLean was the first person buried there, in 1848, and the cemetery named after him. Bard John MacLean emigrated from Caoles to Nova Scotia with his wife and three children in 1819.
Commemorative composition about the life and death of John (Ian) Mackinnon, Vaul (1887-1916), by his great-niece Jilly Watson (née Mackinnon Johnstone), Canada, 2017. Includes a photograph and family tree.
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The Heritage Lottery Fund has granted An Iodhlann £10,000 to organise the excavation of what is thought to be a Bronze Age, or even Viking, grave at Kirkapol. The excavation will be led by professional archaeologists who will be looking for assistance from local volunteers. Watch this space for more information…
Black & white photograph of grave markers in the old graveyard at Soroby in the 1950s. The graves are of servicemen buried after WWII but before gravestones were erected. The three gracves to the right and just beyond the service graves belong to the Campbell family of Millport House, Hynsih.
Catriona Smyth has completed her monumental survey of the Soroby and Kirkapol graveyards, producing a database of transcribed inscriptions (where legible) and photographs of all the stones, translations of any Gaelic inscriptions and cemetery maps showing the locations of all stones. This is all now available online via An Iodhlann’s website or by visiting www.tireegraves.org.uk.
Original hand-drawn map of the smaller section of Kirkapol Cemetery, An Cladh Beag, researched by Catriona Smyth in 2014-2015.
Original hand-drawn map of the larger section of Kirkapol Cemetery, An Cladh Mòr, researched by Catriona Smyth in 2014-2015.
Hand-drawn map of the smaller section of Kirkapol Cemetery, An Cladh Beag, researched by Catriona Smyth in 2014-2015 and printed onto hard board.
Hand-drawn map of the larger section of Kirkapol Cemetery, An Cladh Mòr, researched by Catriona Smyth in 2014-2015 and printed onto hard board.
Colour photograph of the grave stone of Hector Cameron, Balephuil (1836-1883), who emmigrated to Canada in the early 1860s with his brother Donald Cameron. Hector is buried in Belsyde Cemetery, Fergus, Wellington County, Ontario. Their mother was Catherine Black from Balephuil, who was also the mother of Ann MacLeod. Also named on the gravestone: Effie Cameron (1839-1915), Duncan Cameron (1863-1892), Libby Cameron (1875-1898), Mary Cameron Arnold (1871-1899).
