Aerial photograph of the small chapel at Kirkapol taken by James Gentles in July 2003.
The small chapel at Kirkapol photographed by James Gentles in July 2003 using a remote controlled camera on a kite.
2004.194.13
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2004.194.14
Aerial photograph of the Lodge Hotel taken by James Gentles in July 2003.
The Lodge Hotel at Kirkapol photographed by James Gentles in July 2003 using a remote controlled camera on a kite.
2004.176.2.1
Composition `For My Family` by Anne Tomlin (nee Lorimer), about memories of Tiree, ca 1895
Extract from a privately published volume by Anne Tomlin (1874-1970) about a visit to the Lodge around 1895 where she witnessed the funeral of Donald MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, the father of Rev. Hector MacKinnon who attended the funeral; she also writes about ferry travel and the `Dunara Castle`. Includes a covering letter from her grand-nephew Patrick Lorimer, Millport House, Hynish, giving information about Anne Tomlin.
2000.92.1
Kirkapol Church
Postcard of Kirkapol Church
Courtesy of Mrs Ishobel MacDonald
Built in 1842, Kirkapol Church serves the eastern half of Tiree. It is almost square and resembles a typical non-conformist chapel in design. The masonry is local rubble with sandstone dressings and quoins of pink granite brought from the Ross of Mull.
The church contains a memorial to the Rev. Hector MacKinnon, a native of Tiree, who began his ministry here (1892-94) and later became so powerful a preacher he was called the ‘Spurgeon of the North’.
Nearby are the remains of a former parish church dating from the 14th century dedicated to St Columba and a smaller 13th century chapel, both probably built on the sites of earlier churches. The name Kirkapol derives from the Norse for Church Town.
Black and white postcard of Kirkapol Church.
Postcard of Kirkapol Church in the 1950s. (Original in Filing Cabinet 5 drawer 1)
2000.181.1
Audio cassette recording of the church service in Kirkapol church on 23/7/2000.
Tiree Association Centenary church service held at Kirkapol on 23rd July 2000.
2004.165.3
Colour photograph of Kirkapol Church.
Kirkapol Church around the early 1980s.
2004.161.5
Newsletter `Na Duilleagan Gaidhlig`, No. 9, September 2004.
Gaelic newsletter with photographs and two short articles about Kirkapol church and Duncan MacPhee`s thatched house in Scarinish.
1998.287.1
Audio cassette recording of Elsie MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol talking to her daughter Fiona MacKinnon in June 1998.
Elsie MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol talks to her daughter Fiona in June 1998 about her adoption by Katie MacKinnon in 1925 when aged 9, the differences between Ashford in Middlesex where she came from and Tiree, her schooldays in Scarinish and Kirkapol, the work she did on Saturdays, toys and presents, Sundays on Tiree, the work on the croft, learning Gaelic, the population of the island, school sports, the work her aunt did and playing with friends, a school picnic at the Ringing Stone, the sense of community, fostering children, the people in Kirkapol, the construction of Ormer Cottage and the fire in the Scarinish shop.
2004.152.1
Audio cassette recording of Rosie Macintyre of Scarinish talking to Maggie Campbell on 18/8/2004.
Rosie Macintyre of Scarinish talks to Maggie Campbell in August 2004 about her childhood memories, her mother working as a maid for Lady Victoria Campbell, the cattle show in Scarinish, the walk from Kirkapol to Scarinish School every day, and what the weather was like when she was young.
2004.119.6
Black and white postcard of a painting of the Lodge Hotel.
Postcard of a painting of the Lodge Hotel by A. D. Bell in 1964.
