Black and white photograph of the Mary Stewart in Scarinish harbour with Donald Og at the prow.
The schooner Mary Stewart in Scarinish harbour with her owner Donald MacLean (Dòmhnall Òg) at the prow. The Scarinish Hotel can be seen in the background on the right.
Donald MacLean (Dòmhnall Òg) of Scarinish with his family
Photograph of Donald MacLean (Dòmhnall Òg) of Scarinish with some of his family in the 1930s or early 1940s.
Courtesy of Ms Janet Martin
Donald MacLean of Scarinish (Dòmhnall Òg) was born in 1859. He sailed all over the world, first in sailing vessels and later in steamships. For some time he skippered the gabbert ‘Primrose’ for MacQuarrie the shopkeeper.
In 1886 Donald married Catherine MacFadyen of Kirkapol and the couple had six sons and four daughters. After acquiring the schooner ‘Mary Stewart’ in 1908, he and his sons worked the vessel until the late 1930s.
Not the man to retire, Donald made use of the Mary Stewart’s jolly-boat to fish for lobsters. He worked productively until his death at the age of eighty-six in 1945, shortly after which a cheque arrived from Billingsgate Fish Market in London for winkles he had shipped off a few days earlier.
Black and white group photograph with Donald Og taken in the 1930 or 1940s.
Scarinish in the 1930 or 1940s. L-R: (back) Marion Livingston née MacLean; Donald MacLean (Dòmhnall Òg) of Scarinish, owner of the Mary Stewart; his daughter Hughina (m.s. MacCallum); (front) Chrissie, Marion’s daughter; unknown; Donald`s daughter Mary Anne MacLean; unknown.
Newspaper cutting about Captain John MacKinnon, MBE.
Newspaper article about Captain John MacKinnon, Caoles (1890-1953), receiving the MBE in the King`s Birthday Honours List around 1946.
Copied letter dated 20/12/1993 to Dr Lucie of Gartnavel Hospital from Alasdair Campbell of London.
Letter dated 20/12/1993 from Alasdair Campbell of London to the staff of Ward 7A thanking them for caring for his father, Donald Campbell, a retired sea captain, who died on 21/11/1993.
Copied letter dated 10/12/1993 to Mr Kindness of Caledonian MacBrayne from Alasdair Campbell of London.
Letter dated 10/12/1993 to Mr Kindness of Caledonian MacBrayne from Alasdair Campbell of London thanking the crew of MV `Lord of the Isles` for the respect shown to the remains of his father Donald Campbell, a retired sea captain, on route to Tiree for burial.
Black and white photograph of Captain Ritchie, son-in-law of Dr Alexander Buchanan.
Captain Ritchie from Mull, husband of Janetta Buchanan, and probably Janetta and Mary, daughters of Dr Alexander Buchanan, Medical Officer for Tiree 1860-1911.
Audio cassette recording of Meena Knapman of Kenovay talking to Dr John Holliday in September 1998.
Meena Knapman of Kenovay talks to Dr John Holliday in September 1998 about her early holidays on Tiree in the late 1920s and 1930s staying at Heanish then Vaul, the people in Vaul, the journey to Tiree from Glasgow and transport on Tiree, the funeral of John Brown from the Scarinish Hotel, Commander Dewar of Vaul, things to do on holiday in Tiree, shops and dances, Malcolm MacLean of Salum, the airport before WWII, memories of people and places, lighthouses seen from Tiree and Captain John MacKinnon of Vaul.
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)
Hector MacPhail talking about apprentice sailor Iain MacArthur
Sound clip in English of Hector MacPhail talking about apprentice sailor Iain MacArthur of Roisgeal in Caoles.
Hector MacPhail of Ruaig tells the story of the first voyage of Iain MacArthur from Roisgeal in Caoles on his uncle’s sailing ship. He was made to turn out in foul weather to change sail and to sew up the bodies of his fellow crew members after a fever had gone round the boat.
Photocopied handwritten information about individual Tiree people in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Biographical notes about individual Tiree people: John MacLean (Am Bard MacGhilleathain); merchant John Campbell of Scarinish (d. 1817); Colin MacNiven, Greenhill (18th century); Dugald MacEachern, schoolmaster (b. 1789); Rev John MacLean of Cornaig (b. 1841); Donald MacKechnie of Kenovay, joiner and postmaster (b. 1846); Captain Angus Lamont of Cornaig (b. 1844); tailor John MacPhail of Cornaigmore (b. 1846); John MacLucas, Balephuil (d. 1875).
