Cases visited in Tiree during the Poor Law Inquiry of 1843
Transcription of an extract from the Minutes of Evidence of the Poor Law Inquiry in 1843 with notes of cases visited on Tiree.
Two Commissioners from the Poor Law Inquiry visited Tiree in 1843, one of whom was shown round a sample of thirty poor families across the island by a Mr MacLean of Hynish. Half of the cases visited were on the Poor Roll and received four to six shillings a year from the Parish.
By 1841 the population of Tiree had swelled to 4,961, double what it had been fifty years previously and more than the island could comfortably support. Nearly half the inhabitants were estimated to be living in deep poverty.
Widows with children and elderly spinsters were particularly vulnerable as were landless cottars without a trade. The able-bodied poor had no legal right to assistance and were expected to find employment on the mainland.
Colour photograph of waulking the cloth in Scarinish Hotel in 2001.
Waulking the cloth in Scarinish Hotel in April 2001. L-R: (at back wall) Tish MacKinnon, Kilmoluaig; (round table) Wilma Kennedy; teacher Flora MacPhail, Skipnish; Jane Isaacson, Kenovay; Lal Leitch, Heylipol; Dorinda Johnston, Balevullin; unknown; unknown;teacher Neil Oliver, Cornaigmore; Janette Cameron, Balevullin; nurse Kate Brown, Cornaigmore; Murdina Maclean, Kilmoluaig; (at back wall) teacher Brian Findlater, Scarinish.
Black and white photograph of the Youth Club in 1949.
The Youth Club in 1949. L-R: (front) Jean MacFarlane, teacher at Ruaig School; Nan MacEachern, married Donald Archie MacLean the butcher; (middle row) Jean Brown, Balephuil; Catriona MacDonald, Mannal; Alexina MacFadyen, Balemartine; Ina McDonald, Mannal; Morag MacLeod, Sandaig; Rose Roddy, married, Murdo MacDonald, Kilmoluaig; Sarah MacDonald, teacher at Balemartine School; (back row) Morag Kennedy, Balephuil; Jessie Ann MacCallum, Crossapol; Flora MacArthur, Sandaig; Mairi Campbell, Crossapol; Johann MacKinnon, Barrapol; Peigi Campbell, Heylipol.
Black and white photograph of the Tiree Hall Committee in the 1950s or 60s.
Tiree hall Committee in the 1950s or 60s. L-R: (front) John Fletcher, teacher at Cornaig; Flora MacArthur, Sandaig; Mary MacKinnon (Mairi Katina); (back) Roland Robertson, Uist, teacher at Heylipol; John Gault, Co-op manager; Hugh MacLean, Salum; Iain MacKinnon, Ruaig; Sandy MacKinnon (Sandy a` Ghobhainn); Hector J. C. Campbell.
Black and white photograph of Duncan and Kate MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol with a teacher at Scarinish School.
Duncan and Kate MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol with a teacher at Scarinish School, probably taken in the 1930s. The Rev. Hector MacKinnon of Shettleston was Duncan and Kate`s brother.
Colour photograph of the Stirling Prize judges at An Turas in 2003.
The Stirling Prize judges at An Turas in August 2003. L-R: Brian Milne, Scarinish; judge; judge; judge; Brian Findlater, Scarinish; Michael Holliday, Baugh; Justine Fleischman.
Black and white photograph of Ruaig School around 1918.
Ruaig School around 1918. L-R: (front row) Helen Reilly, Milton; unknown; unknown; Mary Ann Lamont, Caoles; unknown; Morag MacDonald, Milton; unknown; (second row, behind second girl) Donald Archie Cameron, Caoles; unknown; unknown; unknown; unknown; unknown; (third row) Neil MacDonald, Skipnish; Donald MacDonald, Mull View, Caoles; Neil MacArthur, Milton; unknown; John Donald Lamont, Caoles; unknown; Hugh Archie MacKinnon, Ruaig; unknown; unknown; unknown; Hector MacKinnon, Caoles; (back row) Iain MacKinnon, Ruaig Post Office; headmaster Mr Rankine; unknown; unknown; unknown; Church of Scotland minister (?); Mr Taylor, Baptist Church (?); United Free Church minister (?).
Colour photograph of Cornaig School in the mid-1970s
Cornaig School in the mid-1970s. L-R: (front row) May Margaret MacDonald, June Clark, Jacky MacFadyen, Jane Weatherstone, Eilidh Campbell, (middle row) Margaret Ann Campbell, Christine MacClounnan, Mairi MacInnes, Christina Brown, teacher John Wilson (a former RAF Wing Commander, known as `Wing Co`, and very popular with the pupils), Drew Beck, Donald MacLennan, Donald MacKinnon, Murray Omand, Torquil Donald. (Original in Filing Cabinet 3 drawer 1)
