Nine Transcripts of Feis lecture `Columba`s Other Island?` given by Prof. Donald Meek in 1997.
St. Columba and early Christianity in Tiree.
| Tags: balephetrish , chapels , gott , kennavara , kilkenneth , kilmoluaig , kirkapol , religious foundations and conflicts , soroby , special terms , st columba | | Dates: 1000s , 1100s , 1200s , 1300s , 1400s , 500s , 600s , 700s , 800s , 900s | | Townships: balephetrish , gott , kilkenneth , kilmoluaig , kirkapol | | Object Types: composition | | People: Meek, Professor Donald, Caoles | Photocopied book extract `List of Inhabitants of Tyree and their Age in September 1779` edited by Eric Cregeen.
The inhabitants listed by township and family.
Click here to view extract 1997.54.1 Cornaigmore
| Tags: balemartine , balephetrish , balephuil , balevullin , barrapol , baugh , caoles , communities , cornaigbeg , cornaigmore , crossapol , gott , greenhill , heanish , heylipol , hough , hynish , kenovay , kilkenneth , kilmoluaig , kirkapol , mannal , middleton , ruaig , salum , sandaig , scarinish , vaul | | Dates: 1770s | | Townships: balemartine , balephetrish , balephuil , balevullin , barrapol , baugh , cornaigbeg , cornaigmore , crossapol , gott , greenhill , heanish , heylipol , hough , hynish , kenovay , kilkenneth , kilmoluaig , kirkapol , mannal , middleton , ruaig , salum , sandaig , scarinish , vaul | | Object Types: book extract | Photocopied extracts from book `Witchcraft & Second Sight in the Highlands & Islands of Scotland` by John Gregorson Campbell.
Tales and traditions collected entirely from oral sources by John Gregorson Campbell, minister of Tiree from 1861-91.
| Tags: balephetrish , barrapol , caoles , cats , controlling the elements , cornaigmore , gaelic , gott , horses , hough , hynish , kennavara , kenovay , kilmoluaig , kirkapol , magic and witchcraft in general , milk , prophecy and second sight , rats , ruaig , scarinish , shape shifting and flying , sheep , supernatural animals and half animals , undefined or non-human apparitions , vaul , vets | | Townships: balephetrish , barrapol , cornaigmore , gott , hough , hynish , kenovay , kilmoluaig , kirkapol , ruaig , scarinish , vaul | | Object Types: book extract | | People: Campbell, Rev. John Gregorson, Tiree (1836 - 1891) | Photocopy of book `Argyll Estates Instructions` 1771-1805 edited by Eric Cregeen.
The instructions given by John, the 5th Duke of Argyll to his Chamberlain in Mull and Morvern and his Chamberlain in Tiree with an introduction by Eric Cregeen.
Available to read online here: National Library of Scotland
| Tags: balemartine , balephetrish , balephuil , balevullin , balinoe , barley , barrapol , baugh , caoles , cartwrights , cattle , chemical work , committees , cornaigbeg , cornaigmore , crofters and crofting , crossapol , cultivation , drinks and stimulants , dykes , fishing , flax , fuel and firing , gott , greenhill , harbours , heanish , heylipol , horses , hough , hynish , kelp , kennavara , kenovay , kilmoluaig , kirkapol , land tenure , livestock , mannal , marble , markets fairs and sales , metalwork , middleton , mills and millers , mining and quarrying , oats , outbuildings temporary buildings enclosures , peats , potatoes , rents , ruaig , runrigs , salum , scarinish , schools , sheep , smiddies and blacksmiths , tacksmen , textiles and tailoring , vaul , water routes , whiskey stills , woodworking | | Dates: 1770s , 1780s , 1790s , 1800s | | Townships: balemartine , balephetrish , balephuil , balevullin , balinoe , barrapol , baugh , cornaigbeg , cornaigmore , crossapol , gott , greenhill , heanish , heylipol , hough , hynish , kenovay , kilmoluaig , kirkapol , mannal , middleton , ruaig , salum , scarinish , vaul | | Object Types: book | Audio cassette recording of Stewart Langley interviewed by Maggie Campbell in Kirkapol on 17/11/01
Stewart Langley of Kirkapol talks to Maggie Campbell in November 2001 about his time in the Volunteer Fire Service from 1967 to 2001, about the fire engines, breathing apparatus and fire hazards, the difficulties of recruiting fire-fighters and the improvements he’s seen during his time in the service.
| Tags: fire service , kirkapol , local government and public services | | Dates: 1960s , 1970s , 1980s , 1990s , 2000s | | Townships: kirkapol | | Object Types: audio recording | | People: Campbell, Mrs Margaret, Kilmoluaig , Langley, Mr Stewart, Kirkapol | Plans of proposed extensions to Kirkapol and Sorobaigh graveyards
(1) Plan of proposed extension to Kirkapol graveyard produced by the County Engineer`s Office, Lochgilphead, Argyll. (2) Plan of Sorobaigh graveyard.
