Black and white photograph of Archie and Fileag MacEachern in Harris in the 1920s.
Leverburgh Sunday School, Harris, in the 1920s. Fileag and her brother Archie MacEachern are on the extreme left (see photos R16 and R17)
1998.176.12
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1998.176.18
Black and white photograph of a `swee` made by the blacksmith in Cornaigbeg.
Swee used to hang pots over the fire, made by Archie MacEachern, the blacksmith in Cornaigbeg.
1998.176.22
Blacksmith Hugh MacEachern
Photograph of blacksmith Hugh MacEachern outside the smiddy at Cornaigbeg.
Courtesy of Mrs Mairi Brady
Hugh MacEachern blacksmith standing outside the smiddy at Cornaigbeg. Hugh was the last blacksmith to work there.
Black and white photograph of Hugh MacEachern of Cornaigbeg.
Hugh MacEachern, outside the smiddy at Creag Mhor, Cornaigbeg. Hugh was the last blacksmith in Cornaigbeg; he died in 1981.
1998.144.1
Black and white photograph of Archie MacEachern of Cornaigbeg and his mother.
Blacksmith Archie MacEachern of Cornaigbeg and his mother.
1998.248.13
Two smiddy-made nails from the Reading Room (now An Iodhlann), each approx. 135 mm long.
1998.131.5
Black and white photograph of John MacEachern at the Renfrew Rubber Works.
Blacksmith John MacEachern (front row, 1st right) at the Renfrew Rubber Works in the 1920s or 30s. John was the second son of Archie MacEachern the blacksmith at Cornaigbeg.
1997.265.8
Newsletter `Fios agus Fathunn`, No. 8, 1981.
Local news including an address by Community Council chairman Gordon Donald, the condition of meat carriage on the ferries, the off-loading of newspapers and mail by Loganair, the death of Hugh MacEachern, the last blacksmith in Cornaigbeg, the weather, HIDB aid to crofting, a Gaelic hymn by Archie MacDonald of Kilmoluaig, Gaelic TV programmes, the churches, Slimming Club, WRI, Regatta Club, bird-watching and pipe music arranged by A. Sinclair.
1999.196.7
Newsletter `Fios agus Fathunn`, No. 8, 1981.
Local news including an address by Community Council chairman Gordon Donald, the condition of meat carriage on the ferries, the off-loading of newspapers and mail by Loganair, the death of Hugh MacEachern, the last blacksmith in Cornaigbeg, the weather, HIDB aid to crofting, a Gaelic hymn by Archie MacDonald of Kilmoluaig, Gaelic TV programmes, the churches, Slimming Club, WRI, Regatta Club, bird-watching and pipe music arranged by A. Sinclair.
1997.243.2
Audio cassette recording of Hector MacPhail talking at Vaul Golf Club on 31/1/1997
Hector MacPhail talking at Vaul Golf Club on 31st January 1997 about Clydesdale horses on Tiree, Tom Barr, the Scottish Horse Regiment, his great-uncle Archie MacDougall, Tiree blacksmiths, shoes and clothes made on Tiree, weaving and carpentry, graveyards and tacksmen, Sir Donald MacLean, Tiree place-names, UK boxing championship Donald Lamont, shebeens and whisky distilling, peat and seaweed, emigration, fishing and Hynish pier, local boat-building.
1997.157.7
Black and white photograph of Archie and Janet MacEachern in 1917.
Archie MacEachern, son of blacksmith John MacEachern of Creag Mhor, Cornaigbeg, and his wife Mairi MacLean of Kenovay, with his sister Janet (Mairi Brady`s mother), photographed in 1917.
