Black and white photograph of the forge and blacksmith`s house at Maraekakho in New Zealand.
The forge and blacksmith`s house at Maraekakho in New Zealand where Donald and Mary Flora MacKinnon of Balephuil lived and worked.
2008.34.3
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2008.34.4
Black and white photograph of the MacKinnon family at Maraekakho in New Zealand.
Blacksmith Donald MacKinnon of Balinoe with his wife Mary Flora Campbell of Balephuil and their children Hugh, Dolly, Annie, Sarah and Mary on the verandah of their house at Maraekakho in New Zealand.
2008.34.5
Black and white photograph of the MacKinnon family in New Zealand.
The MacKinnon family in New Zealand. L-R: Annie, blacksmith Donald MacKinnon, Sarah, Donald`s wife Mary Flora Campbell, Mary, Dolly and Hugh.
2008.13.1
Clydesdale horse shoe made by Donald MacIntyre of Gott.
Clydesdale horse shoe made by Donald MacIntyre of Gott in 2001 to bring luck to new extension to An Iodhlann. Donald has the last working smiddy on Tiree.
2007.14.1
Retouched tinted photograph of Archie MacEachern of Cornaigbeg and his sons.
Archie MacEachern of Creag Mhòr, Cornaigbeg and his two sons: Hugh, the last blacksmith at Cornaigbeg, and Archie (Leapan) who was killed in an accident during World War II.
2004.128.1
Black and white postcard of Macolm MacIntyre in 1916.
Blacksmith Malcolm MacIntyre of Gott with his dog sitting on the Ringing Stone in 1916.
Courtesy of Ms Mary MacKinnon
Blacksmith Malcolm MacIntyre of Gott is pictured in this old postcard with his dog sitting on the Ringing Stone. Local legend has it that if the stone is struck so hard that it splits in two then Tiree will sink beneath the waves.
Given its name because of the metallic sound it makes when struck, the Ringing Stone has at least 53 cup markings which date from the Bronze Age. The stone was carried to Tiree by a glacier during the last Ice Age and measures 3.4 metres by 2.4 metres and is 1.8 metres high.
Known today in Gaelic as Clach a’ Choire (rock of the hollow), it features in Blaeu’s map of 1654 as Coire Finmackoull showing it had been linked to the Ossianic heroic ballads of the 13th century.
2004.38.21
Black and white group photograph, possibly taken at a Tiree Association event.
Possibly a Tiree Association event in the 1940s or 50s. L-R: (back row) Piper Hugh Kennedy, Kilmoluaig; Alasdair MacFarlane, artist who painted ‘Taeping’; blacksmith Archie MacEachern, Cornaigbeg; policemen Neil MacLean, the Croft, Balevullin; unknown; boat pilot Donald Archie MacFarlane; Hugh Cameron, ‘Lochiel’, Cornaigmore; (front row, middle) Dr John Cameron, ‘Lochiel’, Cornaigmore.
2001.168.4
Audio cassette recording of BBC Reidio nan Gaidheal programme recorded in 2001.
Recording of BBC Rèidio nan Gàidheal programme about (side A) with Kenneth MacIver and Morag MacDonald touring with Ailig MacArthur to Heylipol, the radar station at West Hynish where they talk to Roddy Campbell, Tiree High School where they talk to pupils John Angus MacKinnon, Iona Brown and Karen MacKinnon and teacher Flora MacPhail, to Gott and Donald MacIntyre, crofter, horse-breeder, blacksmith and boat-builder; (side B) Kenneth and Morag talk to crofters Archie Brown and Jean MacCallum, to Dr John Holliday about An Iodhlann, to Maggie Campbell about her fieldwork, to Josie Brown and John MacKinnon about the Hynish Centre. Clàr BBC Rèidio nan Gàidheal program (taobh A) le Coinneach ’ic Iomhair agus Mòrag Dhòmhnallach air chuairt le Ailig ’ic Artair as a’ Chruairtean gu Stèisean an Reudar anns na Cuiltean far an robh iad a’ còmhradh ri Ruairidh Caimbeul, gu Ard Sgoil Thiriodh far an do bhruidhinn iad ri sgoilearan agus an tidsear Fionnghal Nic Phàil, gu Gott agus Dòmhnall Mac an t-Saoir, croitear, fear àrach eich, gobha agus fear togail sgòthan; (taobh B) tha Coinneach agus Mòrag a’ bruidhinn ris na croitearan Èairdsidh Mhic’IlleDhuinn agus Sìne Nic Chaluim, ris an Dotair Holliday mun Iodhlann, ri Magaidh Chaimbeul mun obair aice agus ri Josie Nic’IlleDhuinn agus Iain ’ic Fhionghain mu thogalaichean Haoidhnis.
2004.20.1
Strike-a-light.
Hand-held steel striker used to produce a spark from a flint which would hopefully ignite brown paper dampened with water and sprinkled with sulphur or saltpetre. Made in a local smiddy, it was used by pipe smokers in the 1940s when matches were scarce.
1998.290.1
Audio cassette recording of Janet Wilson of Cornaigbeg talking to Dr John Holliday in September 1998.
Janet Wilson talks to Dr John Holliday in September 1998 about annual holiday to Tiree during the Glasgow Fair, being met by a horse and cart, the entertainment during the Fair fortnight, the people of Cornaigbeg and their genealogy, the smiddy, wartime activities, identity cards and food coupons, dances, the arrival of the first plane in Tiree, ceilidhs and how law-abiding the RAF personnel were.