Tag Archives: heanish

1998.170.14

Photocopied petition dated 27/7/1893 to the Chairman of Argyll County Council from a group of Tiree cottars.

Petition dated 27/7/1893 to the Chairman of Argyll County Council from a group of cottars from Scarinish, Heanish and Baugh, all wanting to rent land under the Small Holdings Scotland Act of 1892.

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1998.44.7

Township history for Heanish researched and written by Hector MacPhail.

Information about the MacKinnons in Heanish.

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2001.101.1

Audio cassette recording of Hugh MacKinnon, Heanish, talking to Maggie Campbell in 2001.

Hugh MacKinnon of Heanish talking to Maggie Campbell about the Mary Stewart bought by his father for Donald MacLean, Scarinish; his work on the roads before the war; joining the Merchant Navy in 1939; his brothers one of whom was awarded the DSC for Bravery at Dunkirk; his teachers at school in Scarinish, fishing by boat off Heanish.

1997.233.2

Audio cassette recording of Duncan MacPhee talking to Reg Knapman.

Duncan MacPhee talks to Reg Knapman about the Customs & Excise, smuggling, brewing and shebeens, methods of building, Captain Robert Nisbet of Heanish, Captain Donald MacKinnon of the `Taeping`, the Home Guard, HMS Sturdy, the history of Scarinish piers, his family, the ferry service before the pier, Niall and Iain Alainn, Lady Victoria Campbell and Lord Ash, Lady Ferguson and Miss Gibb, the Dukes of Argyll, Tiree boat building, superstitions and some old stories.

1999.12.1.1

Booklet titled `Isle of Tiree` edited by Mona MacDonald, with photocopy.

Guide to townships on Tiree, local advertising and map. Accession includes photocopy of same.