Appendix J: Locations, households and populations by census year, from “Tiree – an unauthorised biography”
Printout of Appendix J: Locations, households and populations by census year, from “Tiree – an unauthorised biography”. List of numbers of households and population sizes in each township by census year from 1779 to 1891.
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Appendix G: Tiree Household and Population, from “Tiree – an unauthorised biography”
Printout of Appendix G: Tiree Household and Population, from “Tiree – an unauthorised biography”. List of the number of households and population size on Tiree by year from 1747 to 1891.
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Roll of Honour 1939-1945
Document listing the names, ranks, military force and postings, of people of Tiree that died serving their country during World War II. Includes 5-page addendum and foreward by the Duke of Argyll (see 2020.1.80)
Argyll Estate census for Tiree in 1776.
1776 Argyll Estate census for Tiree giving status (tenant or cottar), ages and comments.
Population statistics for Tiree 1747-2001
Transcription of the population statistics for Tiree 1747-2001.
The population of Tiree during the Iron Age (600 BC – 400 AD) has been estimated to have been around a thousand. During the Middle Ages the number of islanders probably remained fairly constant.
At the end of the 18th century the population soared due to smallpox vaccination, the introduction of potatoes and the sudden wealth produced by the kelp industry. It continued to increase by around five hundred per decade until the potato blight hit the island in1846. There was enormous distress and a surge in emigration.
The sustained decline in numbers continued throughout the 20th century as islanders left for Glasgow and other mainland destinations. The 2001 census, however, shows a modest increase in population.
Hardback book `The History of the Highland Clearances` by Alexander MacKenzie.
An account of the Highland clearances with information, including population statistics about Tiree and Coll on pages 230-232.
Audio cassette recording of Elsie MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol talking to her daughter Fiona MacKinnon in June 1998.
Elsie MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol talks to her daughter Fiona in June 1998 about her adoption by Katie MacKinnon in 1925 when aged 9, the differences between Ashford in Middlesex where she came from and Tiree, her schooldays in Scarinish and Kirkapol, the work she did on Saturdays, toys and presents, Sundays on Tiree, the work on the croft, learning Gaelic, the population of the island, school sports, the work her aunt did and playing with friends, a school picnic at the Ringing Stone, the sense of community, fostering children, the people in Kirkapol, the construction of Ormer Cottage and the fire in the Scarinish shop.
Tirey
Transcription of an extract from ‘Tirey’ in ‘The Rev. Dr. John Walker’s Report on the Hebrides of 1764 and 1771’ edited by Margaret M. MacKay.
Courtesy of John Donald Publishers
The Rev Dr John Walker, minister of Moffat and a pioneer of scientific botany and geology, was sent to the Hebrides in 1764 and 1771 by the Commission for Annexed Estates to report on the social conditions, population and the state of manufacture, agriculture and fisheries.
He found the waters round Tiree teeming with fish but no fishing equipment on the island. In 1792, Rev Archibald McColl lamented that the local fishermen seemed unable to compete with those from other islands or the east coast who were taking full advantage of the nearby fishing banks.
The reasons for this he attributed to the daily involvement of crofters with their land and animals and to their poverty which disinclined them to risk what little savings they had purchasing equipment easily lost in bad weather.
Audio cassette recording of Professor Donald Meek talking to Maggie Campbell in Caoles in August 2001.
Professor Donald Meek talks to Maggie Campbell in Caoles in August 2001 about his schooldays at Ruaig, Cornaig and later in Oban, his language studies at Glasgow and Cambridge Universities, learning other Celtic languages, his concerns for the future of Gaelic, his 30 years teaching Gaelic, his hopes for the future, the changes in Caoles, the old occupations and the scarcity of spoken Gaelic, songs and poetry now.
Audio cassette recording of Ailig MacArthur of Heylipol talking to Maggie Campbell in July 2000.
Ailig MacArthur (Ailig beag) of Heylipol talks to Maggie Campbell in July 2000 about his croft in Heylipol, his father Èairdsidh Chìobair, using a horse and cart for transporting loads, the importance of Heylipol and the people in it, the shepherd’s house, the pranks of young boys, the shops and vans, domestic economy, changes in the way of life, the relationship between crofting and Gaelic, sales, Ireland, the declining population of Tiree and Caledonian MacBraynes.
