Order of service for hallowing the ship`s bell of HMS Tiree in 1995.
Order of service for hallowing the ship`s bell of HMS Tiree at Hetlipol Church on 28/5/1995.
2003.76.3
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1998.182.9.1
Photocopied page of two newspaper cuttings about the Duke of Argyll from an unknown publication dated around the 1960s.
(1) Article about the retiral of the chamberlain of Argyll Estates, Major Ian MacLennan, who plans to retire to his 300-acre farm on Tiree, where he was formerly the factor, (2) a legal case regarding the Duchess of Argyll.
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1998.170.6
Photocopied letter dated 12/9/1893 to the County Clerk from a group of cottars and fishermen.
Letter dated 12/9/1893 to the County Clerk from a group of cottars and fishermen wanting to rent land in Crossapol or Heylipol..
1998.140.1
Photocopied journal extract `The Island of Tiree` by Rev. William Reeves.
Early history of Tiree and ecclesiastic remains.
1998.107.1
Photocopied letter from estate factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 13/7/1905 about a soup kitchen in Moss.
Letter from estate factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 13/7/1905 to Donald MacDonald, teacher at Heylipol School, about a soup kitchen in Moss started by Lady Victoria Campbell for the benefit of scholars
2003.35.2
Seven O/S maps with hand-drawn croft numbers and boundaries, 1977
Seven O/S maps with croft numbers and boundaries drawn in by donor`s sister, Mary Robertson: (1) sheet NL 93 NE Hynish and West Hynish, (2) sheet NL 94 NE Hough, Balevullin, Kilmoluaig, Cornaigmore, Cornaigbeg and Kenovay and boundaries of Croish, Cornaigmore Farm and Kilmoluaig common grazing, (3) sheet NL 94 SE Moss, Barrapol, Balephuil, Balemartine, Balinoe, Heylipol and Crossapol and boundaries of Kilmoluaig common grazing, Barrapol Farm and Heylipol Farm, (4) sheet NL 94 NW Hough and Balevullin, (5) sheet NL 94 SW Middleton, Sandaig and Kilkenneth, (6) sheet NM 04 NW Balephetrish, Scarinish, Gott, Kirkapol and Vaul and boundaries of Scarinish Farm and Balephetrish special common, (7) sheet NM 04 SW Baugh and Scarinish.
1999.110.2
Black and white photograph of John Hume, Heylipol Farm.
John Hume shearing sheep at Heylipol Farm in the 1940s.
1999.110.4
Shearing sheep at Heylipol Farm in the 1940s
Photograph of sheep-shearing at Heylipol Farm in the 1940s.
Courtesy of Mrs Cathie Omand
From left to right, farm manager John Hume, factor Iain MacLaren, Lachie MacFarlane of Hynish and Neil MacLean of Heylipol are clipping black-faced sheep at Heylipol Farm using hand shears in the 1940s. Hogs are sheared at the end of May or the beginning of June. Sheep with lambs are sheared in July when the weather is warmer.
Crofters would send their best Cheviot fleeces to the Scottish Wool Growers mill in Brora on the Moray Firth to be made into blankets or spun into hanks known as ‘snath Gaidhealach’ (Highland wool). Wool prices plummeted in the 1980s coinciding with increasing use of feather duvets.
In Tiree nowadays, Suffolk tups (rams) are commonly put to ‘mule’ ewes, a black-face/Blue Leicester cross. The Blue Leicester input maintains the quality of the fleece and produces a larger lamb.
Black and white photograph of sheep-shearing at Heylipol Farm in the 1940s.
Sheep-shearing at Heylipol Farm in the 1940s. L-R: shepherd John Hume; factor Iain MacLaren; Lachie MacFarlane, Hynish; Neil MacLean, Heylipol Farm.
1999.233.2
Black and white postcard of Island House.
Postcard of Island House, Heylipol.
2003.19.2
Newspaper cutting of Archie John MacLean and his sons.
Colour photograph of Archie John MacLean, Heylipol, and his sons Alasdair and Fraser inspecting their stock bull (illustrating an article about dipping sheep).