Tag Archives: piers

1997.265.84

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 48, 23/9/1992.

Local news including the decision to appoint a Development Officer to assist the Tiree Working group, the loss of the Tobermory link, the retiral of margaret MacIntyre and Archie MacKinnon from the school, public transport on Tiree, the pierhead development, a letter from teacher Bill Skene, and news from the playgroups, the hall and the Girl Guides.

1997.265.109

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 72, 15/12/1993.

Local news including the rise in fuel prices and the introduction of airport surcharge, the road at Baugh, the forthcoming election of new Community Council, the local bus service, visiting Social Worker Moira MacKechnie, ferry services, the weather, a face-lift for the pierhead, and news from the feis, the playgroups and Forum on Disability.

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.

1997.243.1

Three anecdotes about ‘the Goilear’

Sound clip in English of Hector MacPhail telling three anecdotes about ‘the Goilear’.

Hector MacPhail of Ruaig gave a talk at Vaul Golf Club in November 1996, during which he told three humorous anecdotes about a fisherman from Balevullin nicknamed ‘the Goilear’.