Email about completion of “Donald the Pilot” project
Printed email to An Iodhlann about the completion and online publication of the “Donald the Pilot” project. Donald MacLean of Ruaig piloted the ship taking the escaping Bonnie Prince Charlie to France after the ill-fated Uprising of 1745. Contains links to the genealogy of Donald the Pilot (ancestors and descendants), the database, and story.
‘Tiree – an unauthorised biography’ – a history of Tiree and its people by William Clelland, 2009.
Text on CD-ROM about the history of Tiree and its people compiled by Australian descendant of Tiree, William Clelland. Includes chapters on the geography of the island, archaeology and first settlers, Christianity and the Gaelic language, Vikings and the wider Scottish history, overpopulation, black houses, kelp and education, evictions and emmigration, Napier Commission, Tiree bards. Index. Appendices including Tiree place names, weapons held by Tiree men and whether `rebel` in 1715, Argyll Estate report of 1737, prisoners of the `45 rebellion, sales from farms, Old Parish Register for marriages and baptisms 1766-1854, households and population 1747-1901, Napier Commission evidence and witness statements 1883, population census 1779-1891. For appendices see 2009.123.2-11.
Two articles in `Scottish Studies No. 32` regarding historian Eric Cregeen of Tiree, and another regarding John Francis Campbell, 1998.
Two articles in `Scottish Studies No. 32` regarding Eric Cregeen: (1) `Eric Radcliffe Cregeen 1921-1983` by Margaret MacKay, Director of the School of Scottish Studies, (2) `Oral Tradition and History in a Hebridean Island` – a critical assessment of oral history as a historical source by Eric Cregeen. (3) ‘Here I am in Another World: John Francis Campbell and Tiree’ by Margaret MacKay.
Paperback book `A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland circa 1695` by Martin Martin, 1703
Written by Martin Martin a native and Gaelic speaker, it casts light on the Hebrides when the old structure of society held sway before the Jacobite rebellions (for Tiree see pp 294-6). Includes Martin Martin`s `A Voyage to St Kilda`, and `A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland` 1549, by Sir Donald Monro, High Dean of the Isles, which presents an account of a pastoral visit to the islands still coping with the turbulent period after the fall of the Lords of the Isles.
