Scanned copy of a poem written during WWI ‘The Kaiser’s arrival in Hell (Official)’.
Tag Archives: poems
2015.50.3
Three handwritten Gaelic songs/poems by Rev Hector Cameron, Cornaigmore, around 1920. The first lin/title of each is (1) Air faillirinn o, ‘sna ho orinn o (title – Fear a’ bhata?), (2) Nach aithne shuit fhein?, (3) title – Naire graibh.
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2015.38.4
Handwritten Gaelic poem ‘Co-Sheirm’ by C MacNeill, date unknown.
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2015.6.1
Poem in English about Tiree, 2014
Poem in English titled `Chuala mi` (hear me) about Tiree, inspired by a visit to the island by author Catherine MacLeod.
2011.86.1
Collection of poems about Tiree by author Donald Murray, 2011
Collection of 15 English poems written by Donald Murray (author of `The Guga Hunters`) during his visit to Tiree in summer 2011. Donald has Tiree ancestors and comes from Lewis. Subjects include corncrakes, family, houses, cattle, Skerryvore lighthouse, machair, St. Patricks Chapel, wartime, travelling around Argyll, hares. Includes a covering letter from Donald to An Iodhlann.
2011.27.4
CD of songs and poems by Niall Brownlie, Barrapol
Copied CD of 14 Gaelic songs and the poem “My Beloved Island (of Tiree)” in English. All composed by Niall Brownlie of Barrapol (b. 1929), performed by various artists. Probably recorded between 1980 and 2000.
2011.27.7
Collection of 20 notebooks and loose sheets of Gaelic songs and poems
Collection of 9 large (A4) and 11 small (A6) notebooks containing hundreds of handwritten songs and poems in Gaelic. Belonged to William MacLean, Balinoe (1929-2011).
2011.27.8
Loose sheets of handwritten Gaelic songs
Ten loose sheets of paper of handwritten Gaelic songs and poems. Belonged to William MacLean, Balinoe (1929-2011).
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2010.74.2
Handwritten letter from Rev. Hector Cameron, Inverness, to artist Duncan MacGregor-Whyte in 1932, with a Gaelic poem and saying that he is looking forward to seeing him at the 1932 Mod in Fort William.
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2010.26.1
Poems “The Stone of Remembrance” and “The Maiden of Colla” by Rev. Dugald MacEchern, 1902
Small booklet of two poems by the Rev. Dugald MacEchern written in 1902. (1) The Stone of Remembrance. This poem is about the memorial stone of Heylipol Church, Tiree, which was laid by Lady Victoria Campbell, accompanied by Miss Percy, on August 19th 1902, which happened to be the anniversary of the Battle of Otterburn. (2) The Maiden of Colla. This poem appears to be in remembrance of a deceased unnamed girl of Coll, and first appeared in the magazine “The Peoples Friend”. The blood-red flower mentioned in the text, and drawn on the last page, is the Bloody Crane`s-bill or Creachlach Dearg that grows in abundance amongst the marram at the west end of Coll. Rev. MacEchern was a family friend of the Clements of Gallanach, Coll in the early 1900s.










