Black and white photograph of Gilleasbuig MacLean, Lochside in the 1930s.
Gilleasbuig MacLean of Lochside, Kilmoluaig, putting the shot at a Tiree Association sports day at Cornaig school in the late 1930s.
2000.25.6
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2000.25.11
Black and white photograph of Gilleasbuig MacLean of Lochside, Kilmoluaig in the 1940s.
Gilleasbuig MacLean of Lochside, Kilmoluaig, at a Tiree Association sports day at Cornaig School in the 1940s.
1999.94.6
Black and white postcard of a Tiree Association sports day at Cornaig school.
A Tiree Association sports day at Cornaig School.
1999.24.33
Tiree Association Souvenir Programme for Diamond Jubilee Gathering 1960.
Souvenir programme for the Diamond Jubilee Gathering held on 18/11/1960 at St Andrew`s Halls in Glasgow. (two copies)
2002.175.7
Photocopied form letter from the new President of the Tiree Association dated 25/9/2002.
Letter from the new President of the Tiree Association, Alasdair MacKinnon, with an order form for tickets to the Annual Gathering and other events.
2002.163.7
Souvenir programme for the Tiree Association Gathering in 1926.
Souvenir programme for the Semi-Jubilee Gathering of the Tiree Association held on 19/11/1926 with article about the Honorary President the Rt. Hon. Sir Donald MacLean.
2002.163.8
Souvenir programme for the Tiree Association Gathering in 1934.
Souvenir programme for the 33rd Annual Gathering of the Tiree Association held in St. Andrew`s Hall, Glasgow on 16/11/1934.
1997.183.1
Hugh MacKinnon and the first plane on Tiree
Photograph of Hugh MacKinnon and the first plane on Tiree.
Courtesy of Mrs Netta Martin
Hugh MacKinnon (Eòghann Dhòmhnaill), known as the Contractor, is pictured here on the Reef with the first plane to land on Tiree. The two-seater Moth piloted by Captain A. N. Kingwill was brought over from Renfrew by the Tiree Association for their Sports Day in July 1929.
The Contractor owned one of the few cars on Tiree at the time and took the pilot to his house for lunch. The first passengers on a short trip over the island included the Contractor himself and John MacLean (Iain a’ Ghaffer) of Kilkenneth.
Kingwill went on to fly with Sir Alan Copburn’s flying circus and made the first scheduled landing at a municipal airport later that year when he piloted a Moth into Wythenshawe Airport at Manchester.
Black and white photograph of the Tiree Association Sports Day in the late 1920s.
Tiree Association Sports Day, 1927 or 1928. Since its foundation in 1900, the Tiree Association has organised an annual Sports Day on Tiree which continues to this day. In 1927 or ’28, Captain A. N. Kingwill was hired to fly the first plane to the island, bringing with him the day’s newspapers. Short flights on the plane were on offer at 2/6d (12p) a time and Captain Kingwill gave a display of stunt-flying. Hugh MacKinnon, a local contractor from Crossapol, pictured behind the wheel of his car in E24, presented him with a medal.
1997.183.2
Black and white photograph of the Tiree Association Sports Day.
Tiree Association Sports Day, 1927 or 1928. Since its foundation in 1900, the Tiree Association has organised an annual Sports Day on Tiree which continues to this day. In 1927 or ’28, Captain A. N. Kingwill was hired to fly the first plane to the island, bringing with him the day’s newspapers. Short flights on the plane were on offer at 2/6d (12p) a time and Captain Kingwill gave a display of stunt-flying. Hugh MacKinnon, a local contractor from Crossapol (pictured behind the wheel of his car in E24) presented him with a medal.
2002.133.17
The first plane to land on Tiree
Photograph of the first plane to land on Tiree in 1929.
Courtesy of Dr Hugh Kennedy
The first plane to land on Tiree was brought out by the Glasgow Tiree Association for their Sports Day held on the Reef on the18th July 1929. Piloted by Captain A. N. Kingwill, the two-seater Moth had the logo of Manchester Airlines painted on its side.
Islanders gathered on the top of Cnoc nan Deilgeanan in Crossapol to witness the landing. The plane carried on board a supply of the day’s newspapers including the Glasgow Evening Times which contained a message to the islanders in Gaelic from the editor.
Short flights on the plane were on offer at 2/6d (12p) a time and Captain Kingwill gave a display of aerial manoeuvres. Over the next few years, the Tiree Association brought out a number of small planes for the sports.
Black and white photograph of Tiree Association Sports Day in the late 1920s.
Tiree Association Sports Day in 1927 or 1928. Captain A. N. Kingwill was hired to fly the first plane to the island, bringing with him the day’s newspapers. Short flights on the plane were on offer at 2/6d (12p) a time and Captain Kingwill gave a display of stunt-flying. (Original in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer1)