Paperback book `The Stones of Iona` by John MacKenzie Semple.
The history of the carved stones of Iona giving their background particularly the Benedictine period and late.
1997.272.15
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1998.320.8
Paperback book `The Archaeology of Argyll` edited by Graham Ritchie.
The history of Argyll traced through its monuments from the Stone Age through the arrival of the Scots and the Norsemen.
1999.300.4
Paperback book `Life of St Columba` by Adomnan of Iona translated by Richard Sharpe.
The life of St Columba by Adomnan, 9th abbot of Iona.
1998.149.1
Audio cassette recording of a Gaelic Radio interview with Niall Brownlie of Barrapol in January 1998.
Radio interview with Niall Brownlie of Barrapol talking about his bilingual book Township and Echoes, the Viking influence on place-names, the difficulty of translating poems and songs into English, Tiree bards, conservation orders, early religion, St Columba and the churches on Tiree, the airport, links with Barra and World War II, Tiree seers and songs he himself has written.
2000.208.1
Paperback book `Dal Riata` by Helen McSkimming.
The origins of Dalriada.
1999.157.1
Hardback book `Scotland of the Saints` by D. D. C. Pochin Mould.
The history of Argyll and Dalriada and the work of the Celtic saints in the West Highlands of Scotland.
2003.52.1
Video recording `The Work of Angels – The Book of Kells`.
Documentary ranging across Ireland, the Scottish Hebrides and Coptic Egypt and exploring how the monks of Iona combined the influences of the East with Celtic and Pictish craft traditions to produce the Book of Kells.
1998.72.1
Leaflet about St Columba and Tiree by the Rev. Robert Higham.
Acoount of Columban settlements on Tiree.
2003.28.17
Hardback book `Scottish Islands` by Ian Grimble.
Illustrated history of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles (short references to Tiree).
De-accessioned 1.3.2026.
1997.228.1
Audio cassette recording of a 1997 Feis lecture about St Columba by Professor Donald Meek.
Professor Meek talks about the life of St Columba, Tiree`s monastic history and chapels. In English with a Gaelic introduction.