Digitised copy of a Report from Heylipol Public School for the winter months, February 1883. The report was written for the Duke of Argyll by J McFarlane and is divided into observations on ‘attendance’, ‘progress’, ‘general’ and ‘state of the island’ and contains remarks on: attendance for December 1882 to February 1883; the affect of weather on attendance; subjects taught and standards; appointment of compulsory officers; comments on parents and their attitudes to education; and teachers. McFarlane also discusses unrest in the island (the ‘wild & extravagant ideas that originally started in Ireland’ and the ‘circulation of pernicious & revolutionary literature’) and refers to a petition signed by crofters in the west end. He recounts a conversation with a man named Donald, a crofter in Balevullin, and also refers to the consequences of inadequate farming techniques.
Digitised copy of Newspaper cuttings on the Tiree riots, 1886. Contains cuttings from The Daily Mail, The Morning Post, The Scotsman, The Glasgow Herald, The Daily News, The Oban Times, and The Standard reporting on the riots of 1886. There is no transcript for this item.
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From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.
Digitised copy of a Memorial to the Duke of Argyll concerning Tyrie [Tiree] By Archibald Campbell of Barnacarie his Grace’s Factor thereof, 1747. This memorial contains an account of the ‘miserable condition’ of the island, outlines problems with obtaining rent, and makes comments regarding industry upon the island. Campbell notes that ‘the present class of inhabitants in this island are the least mutinous of any have been there for years past’, and remarks that the inhabitants ‘[al]tho[ugh] very poor are very numerous [and] quite Idle’.
Digitised copy account of debursements by Archibald Campbell of Barnacarie, factor of Tiree, for raising militia there, 1745.
The document contains two accounts of trips made by Campbell to Tiree in 1745 and 1746. The purpose of the first visit was to raise the militia, and Campbell’s account reveals the opposition he faced: ‘met w[ith] a greater number of men ready to oppose me and told if I wou[l]d not immediatly desist I wou[l]d soon repent it’. The purpose of his second visit in 1746 was to ‘raise the Rents and to reduce such of the Inhabitants of that Island as were in the Rebellion’.
Softback book ‘An Enlightened Duke: The Life of Archibald Campbell (1682-1761), Earl of Ilay, 3rd Duke of Argyll’ by Roger L. Emerson, 2013. A study of the complex political, social, and intellectual life of a key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment.
Booklet ‘West Highland Notes & Queries’, Series 4, No. 3, March 2017. Includes articles on the MacLeans of Duart and Lochbuie & the Jacobite Cause 1400-1766 (with references to Tiree), paintings of pipers, ‘The Tacksman Class in Argyllshire 1800-50’, ‘A Visit to Coll in 1831’, and ‘Tiree’s resistance to the Earl of Argyll’s takeover of the Island 1674-1682’ by Nicholas Maclean-Bristol.
Extract about Lauchlan McLaine, the Baillie of Tiree 1674
Extract about Lauchlan McLaine `the Baillie of Tiree`, who in 1674 was reported rebel and oppressor of Tiree tenants in the records of the Privy Council of Scotland. From the book `A Tour in Scotland 1769 Voyage to the Hebrides 1772` by Thomas Pennant (see page 444). Printed from the internet.
Book about Flora MacDonald (rescuer of Bonnie Prince Charlie, 1746)
Softback book “Flora MacDonald of Benbecula” about the life of the famous islander who helped rescue Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) by aiding in his transportation to Skye in 1746.
Letter and newspaper cutting about a demonstration in Glasgow for radio broadcasts in Gaelic 1976
Typed letter from An Iodhlann (Alasdair Sinclair?) dated Aug. 2007, to the BBC Gaelic Department regarding a newspaper cutting about a demonstration in Glasgow in 1976 for greater coverage of radio broadcasts in Gaelic.
Appendix B: Arms of 1715, from “Tiree – an unauthorised biography”
Printout of Appendix B: Arms of 1715, from “Tiree – an unauthorised biography”. List of men on Tiree who possessed weapons; their names, place of abode, whether present/absent, whether rebel, militia and type of weapon.
