Newsletter `Topics`, Vol. 1, No. 1, Autumn 1996.
Newsletter of Tiree Parish Church with a letter from the minister, Women`s Guild and church news and various other articles.
1999.270.1
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1999.201.2
Photocopied paper `The Gospel Fisherman` by Donald Meek.
Paper by Donald Meek subtitled `The Gaelic Hymns and Cultural Perspectives of Duncan MacDougall of Tiree`.
1999.99.28
Black and white photograph of Archie and Fileag MacEachern in Harris in the 1920s.
Leverburgh Sunday School, Harris in the 1920s. Archie MacEachern, the blacksmith at Cornaigbeg and also a lay preacher, is in the centre and his sister Fileag is second left.
2003.104.1
Black and white photograph of Rev. Hector MacPherson and his wife Cathy in 1979.
Rev. Hector MacPherson and his wife Cathy photographed in Houndwood in 1979, the year they left Tiree.
1999.167.12
Photocopied specification of repairs to be done to Tiree Parish Church, dated 1892.
Specification of repairs to be done to Tiree Parish Church, 1892. (Bundle 2505)
1999.167.13
Heylipol Church in 1900
Transcription of a letter from the Rev. Dugald MacLean to the Duke of Argyll about the condition of Heylipol Church in 1900.
Courtesy of His Grace the Duke of Argyll
In medieval times Tiree was divided in two parishes, Kirkapol in the east under the Bishop of the Isles and Soroby in the west under the Abbot of Iona. In 1618 the two parishes were united with Coll. In 1865 Coll was severed from Tiree and ten years later Soroby was severed from Kirkapol.
A church at Heylipol had been built in 1839 to serve the west of the island where the greater part of the population lived. In this letter of 1900, the Rev. Dugald MacLean describes the dangerous and dilapidated state of the church despite many repairs carried out over the previous twenty years.
A new church designed by William Mackenzie was erected on the site in 1902. Of cruciform Gothic design with a bell tower over the entrance porch and large enough to accommodate 365 worshippers, the church is still in current use.
1999.167.14
Photocopied letter dated 22/10/1900 from Heylipol manse to the Duke of Argyll.
Letter dated 22/10/1900 from the Rev Dugald MacLean to the Duke of Argyll informing him that the report on the condition of Heylipol Church omits the decayed state of the windows and suggesting that it might be cheaper to build a new church than to repair the existing one. (Bundle 2504)
1999.167.15
Photocopied letter dated 26/2/1909 from Donald MacFadyen to Hugh MacDiarmid.
Letter dated 26/2/1909 from Donald MacFadyen on behalf of the Free Church Congregation on Tiree to factor Hugh MacDiarmid asking for a church site at the sea shore on Gott Bay. (bundle 2522)
1999.167.8
Photocopied feu contract between the Duke of Argyll and the Trustees of the Baptist Congregation at Baugh dated 1880.
Feu contract between the Duke of Argyll and the Trustees of the Baptist Congregation at Baugh dated 15 & 19/10/1880. (Bundle 2501)
1999.167.9
Photocopied feu contract between the Duke of Argyll and the Trustees of the Kirkapol Free Church dated 1882.
Feu contract between the Duke of Argyll and the Trustees of the Kirkapol Free Church dated 1882. (Bundle 2501)