Photocopied newspaper article about the seizure of Greenhill by Tiree crofters.
newspaper article about the seizure of Greenhill by Tiree crofters.
1999.191.16
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1999.191.17
Photocopied newspaper article about the seizure of Greenhill by Tiree crofters.
Article about the seizure of Greenhill by Tiree crofters and their impending arrest by Royal Marines.
1999.191.18.1
Photocopied newspaper article and letter about the seizure of Greenhill by Tiree crofters, 1886
Newspaper article about the seizure of Greenhill by Tiree crofters, and letter to the editor from D. H. MacFarlane about the injustice of the Duke of Argyll`s policy of land consolidation which pushed smallholders of the land.
1999.191.19.1
Photocopied newspaper article and letter about the seizure of Greenhill by Tiree crofters, 1886
Newspaper article about the seizure of Greenhill by Tiree crofters and the arrival of the Royal Marines on board HMS Ajax in Oban, and letter to the editor from the Duke of Argyll disagreeing with point of view put by D. H. MacFarlane.
1999.191.20
Photocopied letter to the editor from D. H. MacFarlane about the Duke of Argyll`s policy of land consolidation.
Letter to the editor from D. H. MacFarlane in response to the Duke of Argyll`s letter to the editor of 31/7/1886.
1999.155.1
Photocopied leaflet `Tiree Food Producers Sent To Prison`.
Leaflet produced by the Highland Land League about eight Tiree men who were sent to prison in 1918 for occupying land in Balephetrish leased by Thomas Barr.
1999.69.1
Tiree Food Producers Sent To Prison
Transcription of a Highland Land League publication of 1918 titled ‘Tiree Food Producers Sent To Prison’.
Courtesy of Mr Hugh MacLeod
During World War I, the Government encouraged people to cultivate unused land. It also instructed the Board of Agriculture for Scotland in 1914 to break up large farms for returning servicemen. The Board decided to take over the lease of 137 acres of Balephetrish farm for small holdings.
However, Thomas Barr, the tenant of Balephetrish farm, claimed £1,243 in compensation which the Board refused to pay although it allocated the land to a number of applicants. By 1918, eight Tiree cottars could wait no longer and ploughed 30 acres of Balephetrish farm and planted potatoes and other crops.
They were arrested and taken to Oban where they were welcomed like heroes by the local branch of the Highland Land League. At the subsequent court hearing they were found guilty and sentenced to ten days in prison with the recommendation that ‘they be treated to the privileges of political prisoners’.
1999.32.1
Autographed speech by Ronnie MacDonald given at Tur Mhic Chaluim on 26/7/1986.
Autographed speech by Ronnie MacDonald given at Tur Mhic Chaluim on 26/7/1986.
1998.247.1
Constitution of Comunn Feis Thiriodh.
The constitution of Comunn Feis Thiriodh in Gaelic and English.
1998.247.2
Minutes of meetings of Comunn Feis Thiriodh from 1991 to 1997.
Minutes of meetings of Comunn Feis Thiriodh from 8/9/1991 to 27/8/1997.