Tag Archives: heylipol

1999.216.1

Audio cassette recording of Hugh MacLean of Barrapol talking to Maggie Campbell in October 1999.

Hugh MacLean of Barrapol talks to Maggie Campbell in October 1999 about his boyhood and schooling at Sgoil na Mòintich, his work on the farm, a spell in the Merchant Navy and 40 years as clerk to Tain Committee, old burial places, old farming methods using horses, harvesting, changes in the weather, planting potatoes, Tiree-made shoes, storms and tornadoes, New Year festivities, whisky, the Glassary and Curtis-Stanford. Tha Iain Aonghais a’ bruidhinn ri Magaidh Chaimbeul anns an Dàmhair 1999 mu na daoine agus àiteachan ann agus mun cuairt Cill Moluaig, feum crotail airson aodach a dhath gu dearg, diofrach thobhtaichean mun cuairt Loch Bhasapol far am b’ àbhaist bradan agus bric a bhi, mac fear-uasal Dhòmhnall ’IcIllEathain a bha na fhear-brathaidh airson an Ruis, mar a fhuair ‘An Green’ ainm, na cathaidhean gainmhaiche a b’ àbhaist a bhi ann, uisge air a tharraing a tobraichean, ag obair air na croitean le eich, a’ cur coirce, neipean agus buntàta, a’ toirt sìol don mhuilinn ann an Còrnaig agus cion nan daoine far an robh iad uaireigin gu math lìonmhor.

1998.137.1

Black and white postcard of a painting of Moss.

Postcard painting of Moss around 1900 with Heylipol Church in the distance. The figure is possibly the grandmother of Johann MacKinnon nee Brownlie of Barrapol. Houses L-R: Allt Mor, Catriona Rowan`s grandmother`s house; Alex MacPhail`s house; Johann MacKinnon`s grandparents` house.

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1998.60.1

Black and white photograph of Alec MacArthur`s grandfather and May and Ann Eoghainn a` Bhuth.

L-R: May Eoghainn a` Bhuth, an Ciobair (grandfather of Ailig MacArthur, Heylipol) and Anne Eoghainn a` Bhuth taken in Heylipol in the 1920s.

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2003.152.5

Island House

Postcard of Island House, the Tiree residence of the Duke of Argyll.

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Loch an Eilein (loch of the island) lies to the west of Crossapol. An ancient castle was situated on an island in the loch, with a causeway and drawbridge between it and the shore. It was occupied by the MacLeans of Duart, and probably by the MacDonalds of the Isles before them.

Lachlan Mòr MacLean was denounced as a rebel in 1588 and his estates were forfeited six years later. Tiree stayed in the actual, if not legal, possession of the MacLeans until the island passed to the Campbells of Argyll in 1674.

The Earl of Argyll built the present building in 1748, at which time the channel between the island and the shore was filled in using forced labour.

Black and white postcard of Island House, Heylipol.

Island House, Heylipol. (Original postcard in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 2)

1997.265.77

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 41, 29/4/1992.

Local news including the purchase of Sruthan Stores by Iain and Fiona MacLeod, concerns over a single petrol outlet, Barra trip by Tiree Pipe Band, Heylipol by Sandy MacKinnon, article about gardening by Elizabeth Robertson, radioactive material from Sellafield and news from the School Board.