Black and white photograph of the Tiree Pipe Band arriving at the World Championships in Oban in 1967.
Oban Times photograph of the Tiree Pipe Band arriving at the World Championships in Oban in 1967. Apart from the Pipe Band, the other Tiree people in the picture are William Sloan (secretary of RSPBA), Seumas MacNeill, Professor Donald Meek, Iain Lamont, Mrs Sheena Beck and her sons Drew and Robin.
Black and white photograph of the Tiree Pipe Band at Cornaigmore.
The Tiree Pipe Band at Coll in 1967 Pipe Major Robert Beck (extreme left taldks to Piper Hector J. C. Campbell (2nd left).
Black and white photograph of the Tiree Pipe Band at Cornaigmore School.
The Tiree Pipe Band at Cornaigmore School.
Christina MacNeill with her son Malcolm MacLean
Photograph of Christina MacNeill with her son Malcolm MacLean.
Courtesy of Mr Iain MacKinnon
Christina MacNeill is pictured here sitting at her spinning wheel. Standing behind her is her son Malcolm MacLean. Known as ‘Calum Salum’, he was a keen piper all his life and would play for dances in Salum and from the rocks at the shore to the seals.
Among his many activities, Calum ran a shop and a boarding house in Salum, the latter with help of his step-father Lachie MacNeill. He also ran two cars in what became a very busy taxi service for the east end of the island.
For many years he served as the District Councillor for Tiree. He was well-known for his beautiful handwriting and his stories which entertained visitors and locals alike.
Black and white photograph of Calum Salum and his mother, Christina MacNeill.
Malcolm MacLean (Calum Salum) with his bagpipes and his mother Christina MacNeill (Ciorstaidh Mhunn) with carding combs and a spinning wheel.
Heylipol School
Photograph of Heylipol School in the early 20th century.
Courtesy of Mrs Annie Kennedy
Archie Kennedy with his pipes at Heylipol School.
Black and white photograph of Heylipol School pre-World War I.
Heylipol School pre-World War I. The piper is Archie Kennedy.
Black and white photograph of Hugh MacArthur.
Hugh MacArthur (Eoghainn a` Chiobair) as a young army piper. (see 2016.22.1 for a better image)
Black and white photograph of Alex Brown, Kilkenneth.
Alex Brown of Kilkenneth.
Carting marram grass
Photograph of two crofters carting marram grass from behind Ben Hough in the 1930s.
Courtesy of Mrs Grace Campbell
The two men are transporting marram grass, known locally as bent or muran, from behind Ben Hough at the west end of Tiree. The dried grass is used for thatching roofs while the roots were used as a scourer for cleaning tables and floors.
The grass is cut by sickle or scythe between September and March, outwith its growing season, and is much harder work than cutting corn or hay. The longer the stem the better, as a more waterproof roof is ensured and less work required.
Muran thrives best in shifting sand and grows stronger after cutting. There is less on Tiree today than there used to be. This may be due to the use of fertilisers which encourage the growth of other grasses and the out-wintering of cattle which shelter in the dunes and trample and eat it.
Black and white photograph of piper Hugh MacArthur in 1944.
Piper Hugh MacArthur in 1944.
Township history for Cornaigbeg researched and written by Hector MacPhail.
Information about prominent people in Cornaigbeg – Rev Archibald Farquharson, Charles MacGregor Whyte, the MacLeans, MacEacherns, MacCallums and Campbells.
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Photocopied newspaper cuttings about the Tiree Pipe Band in 1970.
Two newspaper photographs of members and friends of the Tiree Pipe Band at a dinner-dance held in the Scarinish Hotel in 1970.
