Softback book ‘Correspondence from July, 1846, to February, 1847, Relating to the Measures Adopted for the Relief of the Distress in Scotland…’ Great Britain Treasury, 2012. Government correspondence about Famine Relief in the Highlands. Includes separate index listing references to Tiree.
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Bound booklet of transcribed excerpts regarding Tiree from the Autobiography and Memoirs of George Douglas, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823-1900).
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Book `They Came From Tiree` by Gene Donald Lamont.
A history of Tiree from 7000 BC to 1851 AD with chapters on the economic situation in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the famine years and emigration to Canada.
Periodical `The Coll Magazine`, No. 3, 1985.
Articles about lobster fishing, the wreck of the Nevada, the coastguard on Coll, the potato famine, butterflies and moths, orchids and lichens, early travellers to Coll and other local news.
Photocopied book extract from `George Douglas, Eighth Duke of Argyll` edited by the Dowager Duchess of Argyll, pp 133-147, 285-6, 321, 508 & 633.
Extracts about the landscape of Tiree, its people and surroundings seas, Skerryvore lighthouse, the potato famine and emigration, some local birds and bird-shooting.
Audio cassette recording of Gilleasbuig Kennedy of West Hynish talking to Maggie Campbell in June 2004
Gilleasbuig Kennedy of West Hynish talks to Maggie Campbell in June 2004 about the meaning of the name ‘Na Cuiltean’, the division of the small crofts in 1907, the potato famine, the changing weather over the years, storms that hit West Hynish, the ability of Hynish people to predict the future, his mother’s baking skills and knowledge of traditional medicines both of which she passed on to him. (Continues on AC355)
Hardback book `Six Inner Hebrides` by Noel Banks.
Comprehensive account of six inner Hebrides: Eigg, Rum, Canna, Muck, Coll and Tiree.
Paperback book `The Great Highland Famine` by T. M. Devine.
A detailed account of the clearances of the 19th century, landlordism, crofting life, emigration and migration.
Paperback book `The Great Highland Famine` by T. M. Devine.
A detailed account of the clearances of the 19th century, landlordism, crofting life, emigration and migration.
Paperback book `Letters from the Highlands` by Robert Somers.
Collection of letters written in 1847 during a `tour of inquiry` into the effects of the potato famine in the Highlands and published in the North British Daily Mail.
