Paperback book `From Tiree to New Zealand
The memoirs of Dugald Lamont from Balemartine
1998.203.1
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2003.18.3
Black and white photograph of twins Donald and Duncan MacKinnon of Balephuill.
Twins Neil and Duncan MacKinnon of Balephuill photographed by Morton Boyd in the 1940s or 1950s.
1999.245.57
Black and white photograph of two unknown girls.
Unknown.
1997.239.2
Audio cassette recording of Hugh MacLean of Barrapol talking to John Donald MacLean in 1997.
Hugh MacLean (Eòghann Dhòmhnaill Eòghainn Mhòr) of Barrapol talks to John Donald MacLean in 1997 about shipwrecks on Tiree’s coast, a song about the Vivo composed by John Brown of Kilmoluaig, the burial ground of a shipwrecked crew at Balevullin, the healthy diet of his younger days, changes in the fishing grounds, shooting duck, geese and cormorants, eating seafood and seaweed, his school-days at Heylipol School, his interest in piping and Tiree pipers and fiddlers, the names of the cliffs caves and fishing rocks at Kennavara and his wartime experiences. Tha Eòghann Dhòmhnaill Eòghainn Mhòr a Goirtean Dòmhnall a’ bruidhinn ri Teòn Dòmhnall a’ Mhuilinn ann an 1997 mu na luing-bhriseadh air na tràighean mun cuairt Thiriodh, òran a chaidh a’ sgrìobhadh mun Vivo le Iain ’IcIllDhuinn a Cill Moluaig, an cladh aig sgioba long-bhriseadh ann am Baile Mhuilinn, am biadh fallain a fhuair e ann an làithean òige, atharrachaidhean ann àiteachan iasgaich, an t-sealgaireachd lacha, geòidh agus sgairbh, ag itheadh biadh-cladaich agus feamainn, a làithean-sgoile an Sgoil na Mòintich, a spies ann am pìobaireachd, pìobairean agus fìdhlearan Thiriodh, ainmeannan nan stùcannan, uamhan agus carraigean ann an Ceann a’ Bhara agus deuchainn an àm a’ chogaidh.
1999.24.10
Black and white photograph of five children playing golf in 1925.
Five children playing golf, from a small photograph album titled ‘Tiree 1925’ thought to come originally from Silversands.
1999.24.7
Black and white photograph of five children on the rocks at Vaul in 1925.
Five children with golf clubs on the rocks at Vaul, from a small photograph album titled ‘Tiree 1925’ thought to come originally from Silversands.
1999.24.15
Black and white photograph of five children from album `Tiree 1925`.
Black and white photograph of five children outside a corrugated iron building titled `Companions`, from an album thought to come originally from Silversands.
1999.24.17
Black and white photograph of children in Kirkapol graveyard.
Three children in Kirkapol graveyard, from a small photograph album titled ‘Tiree 1925’ thought to come originally from Silversands.
1999.24.11
Black and white photograph of five children in 1925.
`Golfers resting`, from a small photograph album titled ‘Tiree 1925’ thought to come originally from Silversands.
1998.275.1
Audio cassette recording of Grace Campbell, Tullymet, talking to Liz Lapsley.
Grace Campbell talks to Liz Lapsley about her family and childhood memories, her schooldays, her life as a teacher, the loss of her parents and the shop, Scarinish Hotel and licencing, her mother`s working day, the hardships of youth, the start of the W.R.I., tinkers, blacksmiths, joiners, funerals, the first cars on Tiree, the plane landing on Gott Bay shore, local events and traditions.