A spiral bound paperback book. 298pp
An Caolas Tirisdeach
Caolas, Tiree
An Island Township through Three Centuries 1600-1900
by Donald E. Meek
2026.18.11
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2026.18.10
Paperback book
Faces to the Sun. A century and a half of visitors, holidaymakers, tourists and travellers on the island of Tiree
By John Holliday
An Iodhlann Press 2026
2026.18.9
Paperback book
Crofting Crucible. Glimpses into the Economic, Social, and Cultural History of Balephuil in Tiree.
John Randall (Editor)
Islands Book Trust 2025
Based on a two-day conference organised by the Islands Book Trust in Tiree in September 2024 entitled “In Search of Balephuil’s Hidden Past – Tracing the History of a Tiree Township and its People”. The book brings together accounts from each of the twelve speakers.
2026.18.8
Paperback book
Giving the Devil His Due. Malcolm McLaurin, Chamberlain of Tiree, and the Creation of a Crofting Island
by Donald E. Meek
The Islands Book Trust. 2025
2025.26.1
A possible prehistoric stone tool / hand axe. Found near Happy Valley by Aedan MacDonald of Balevullin in 2024
2020.6.2
Hard-backed edition of Fishing Boats and Fisher Folk on the East Coast of Scotland’, written and illustrated by Peter F. Anson. First edition, published in 1930.
294pp with colour plates and black and white line drawings.
A local history of fishing ports, boats and fisher folk on the East Coast of Scotland, with mention of Oban, Tiree and Barra.
See 2020.6.1 for scanned copy of page relevant to Tiree.
1998.329.14
Softback book ‘Oral History Handbook’ by Beth M. Robertson, 1996. Provides advice on managing oral history projects.
De-accessioned 21.3.2026.
1998.329.13
Softback book ‘Oral History Handbook’ by Beth M. Robertson, 1996. Provides advice on managing oral history projects.
De-accessioned 21.3.2026.
2017.14.1
Hardback book ‘Scotland: Mapping the Islands’ by Christopher Fleet, Margaret Wilkes and Charles W. J. Withers, 2016. Foreword by Magnus Linklater. Reproduces some of the most historically significant maps from the National Library of Scotland’s collection in order to explore the many dimensions of island life and how this has changed over time. Arranged thematically and covering topics such as population, place-names, defence, civic improvement, natural resources, navigation, and leisure and tourism. Tiree mentioned pages 3, 44, 45, 49, 61, 82-3, 107 & 174, and featured in maps pages 62-3, 72-3, 92 & 143.
2017.6.4
Hardback book ‘Gaelic Scotland: The Transformation of a Culture Region’ by W. J. Withers, 1988. Covers the process of cultural change in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, particularly during the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. (Including policies of successive governments, the decline of the Gaelic language, and the Clearances.) Tiree mentioned pages 8, 181, 209, 214, 219, 225, 241, 285, 357, 359, 373-5 & 380.