Black and white photograph of a `swee` made by the blacksmith in Cornaigbeg.
Swee used to hang pots over the fire, made by Archie MacEachern, the blacksmith in Cornaigbeg.
1998.176.18
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1998.176.22
Blacksmith Hugh MacEachern
Photograph of blacksmith Hugh MacEachern outside the smiddy at Cornaigbeg.
Courtesy of Mrs Mairi Brady
Hugh MacEachern blacksmith standing outside the smiddy at Cornaigbeg. Hugh was the last blacksmith to work there.
Black and white photograph of Hugh MacEachern of Cornaigbeg.
Hugh MacEachern, outside the smiddy at Creag Mhor, Cornaigbeg. Hugh was the last blacksmith in Cornaigbeg; he died in 1981.
1998.144.1
Black and white photograph of Archie MacEachern of Cornaigbeg and his mother.
Blacksmith Archie MacEachern of Cornaigbeg and his mother.
1998.248.13
Two smiddy-made nails from the Reading Room (now An Iodhlann), each approx. 135 mm long.
1998.248.14
Length of smiddy-made chain.
Length of smiddy-made chain found in the byre at Odhrasgair. Each link is approx. 130 mm long.
1998.131.5
Black and white photograph of John MacEachern at the Renfrew Rubber Works.
Blacksmith John MacEachern (front row, 1st right) at the Renfrew Rubber Works in the 1920s or 30s. John was the second son of Archie MacEachern the blacksmith at Cornaigbeg.
1997.243.2
Audio cassette recording of Hector MacPhail talking at Vaul Golf Club on 31/1/1997
Hector MacPhail talking at Vaul Golf Club on 31st January 1997 about Clydesdale horses on Tiree, Tom Barr, the Scottish Horse Regiment, his great-uncle Archie MacDougall, Tiree blacksmiths, shoes and clothes made on Tiree, weaving and carpentry, graveyards and tacksmen, Sir Donald MacLean, Tiree place-names, UK boxing championship Donald Lamont, shebeens and whisky distilling, peat and seaweed, emigration, fishing and Hynish pier, local boat-building.
1997.157.4
Black and white photograph of Hugh MacEachern at Creag Mhor, Cornaigbeg.
Hugh MacEachern, the last blacksmith at Creag Mhor, Cornaigbeg.
1997.157.5
Black and white photograph of the MacEachern of Creag Mhor, Cornaigbeg in 1918.
Archie MacEachern, the blacksmith at Creag Mhor, Cornaigbeg, his wife Catherine MacLean of the Brae, Cornaigbeg, and their children Archie (Leaban) and Mary.
1997.157.9
Black and white photograph of John MacEachern at Renfrew Rubber Works.
On the right blacksmith John MacEachern (Mairi Brady`s grandfather) photographed at work at the Renfrew Rubber Works in the 1930s.
