Tag Archives: schools

2003.138.4

Colour photograph of Jean Whimp of Australia atTiree High School in 1996.

Jean Whimp of Australia, great-granddaughter of Archibald Campbell (1792-1841), miller at Cornaig, underneath the bell from H.M.S. `Tiree` atTiree High School in 1996.

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2003.125.1.1

Audio cassette recording of Michael Holliday and Johann MacLean, May 2003

Audio cassette recording in Gaelic and English of Michael Holliday, Baugh, and Johann MacLean, Kilmoluaig, talking on the radio about the Gaelic spell checker `Luchag-Ink` produced by Tiree High School pupils: (1) Michael Holliday and Johann MacLean talking on Reidio nan Gaidheal, (2) Michael Holliday talking on Good Morning Scotland.

2003.121.1

Audio cassette recording of Bunty Kennedy interviewed by Maggie Campbell in Coll on 8/7/2003.

Maggie Campbell talks to Bunty Kennedy of Coll in July 2003 about her early childhood and schooldays on Tiree in the 1940s, her life on Coll from the 1950s to the present day, the water and electricity supply, the postal services, fishing, past and present New Years on Coll. She sings a verse of a song by Iain MacDonald and her son, Cailean, plays a few tunes on the accordion. Bunty Ceannaideach o Colla a’ bruidhinn ri Mairead Caimbeul anns an t-Iuchair 2003 mu dheidhinn làithean sgoile ann a Tiriodh anns na ceathradan, fuireachd ann a Colla anns na coigeadan, nuair a thàinig dealan agus uisge gu Colla, am post, iasgach agus mar a bha am Bliadhna Ur air a thoirt a steach fo chionn fhada taca ris mar a tha e air a’ dhèanamh air an latha an diugh. Tha Bunty a seinn rann fo òrain Iain MacDhòmhnaill agus tha Cailean, a mac aice, a cluich am bogsa ciùil.

1999.211.4

Series of photocopied letters dated 17th May 1982 to 6th October 1982 between Christina MacGregor Whyte and Mr Colin O`Brien, the headmaster of Tiree High School, regarding a large bequest from the estate of Duncan MacGregor Whyte for school equipment. Duncan MacGregor Whyte was a renowned artist who built ‘The Studio’ at Balephuil, and who painted many portrait’s of Tiree people. Christina (Ena) MacGregor Whyte was his son’s wife.

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