Tag Archives: scarinish

1998.301.1

Audio cassette recording of John George MacLean of Scarinish talking to Dr John Holliday in December 1998.

John George MacLean of Scarinish talk to Dr John Holliday in December 1998 about his early years and schooling at Scarinish, working at Baugh farm and elsewhere as a shepherd, the building of Tiree aerodrome, Italian POWs, the bad winter of 1942, wartime entertainment, RAF and other personnel, bomb disposal, the materials and methods used in thatching, community spirit, demolition of houses to make roads, stories about the Rev. MacKay and the fire in the old shop in Scarinish.

1998.287.1

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.

1998.276.1

Audio cassette recording of Hector MacPhail talking at the Scarinish Hotel in January 1998.

Hector MacPhail of Ruaig talks at the Scarinish Hotel on 31st January 1998 about emigration to Canada, New Zealand and Patagonia, the Duke of Argyll’s factors, the MacNiven family, cattle droves, smacks and schooners, the shops at Middleton and Hynish, three Tiree men who emigrated to Seattle, ancient graveyards, a school trip to Dundee, Captain Donald MacKinnon of the Taeping, the Downie family, emigration history at Inverary Archives, CalMac boats, the storms in 1953 and 1968, the emigrations of 1855 and 1877. (Continued on AC43)

1998.289.1

Audio cassette recording of Donald MacIntyre of Gott talking to Hector MacPhail of Ruaig in March 1998.

Donald MacIntyre of Gott talks to Hector MacPhail of Ruaig in March 1998 and tells several anecdotes about people in Scarinish and elsewhere covering topics such as tobacco, eggs, boats and fishing.

2004.152.1

Audio cassette recording of Rosie Macintyre of Scarinish talking to Maggie Campbell on 18/8/2004.

Rosie Macintyre of Scarinish talks to Maggie Campbell in August 2004 about her childhood memories, her mother working as a maid for Lady Victoria Campbell, the cattle show in Scarinish, the walk from Kirkapol to Scarinish School every day, and what the weather was like when she was young.

2000.37.13

Colour photograph of some winners at a Tiree regatta in the 1980s.

Winners at a Tiree regatta at Scarinish in the 1980s. L-R: (back) Iain MacDonald, Skipinnish, Ruaig; Dougie Campbell, Vaul; Lachie MacFarlane, Hynish; Donald Farquhar, Balemartine; Neil MacDonald, Iain’ father; Lachie Beaton, Bank House, Scarinish; Iain Aonghais MacKinnon, Kilmoluaig; (middle) Alasdair ‘Billy’ MacLean, Barrapol; Duncan MacLean, Billy’s brother; Donald MacKinnon, Sandaig; (front) John MacLean, Duncan’s son;Alison MacLean, Duncan’s daughter.

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