Photocopied speech by Ronald MacDonald, Cornaigbeg given on 26/7/1986 (2 copies).
Speech by Ronnie MacDonald, Cornaigbeg, given on 26/7/1986 at the opening ceremony of Tur Mhic Chaluim to commemorate one hundred years of the Crofters Act and to honour those who fought for crofters` rights. (For sound recording of event, see AC4 – `Tiree remembers` )
Laundry day
Photograph of Flora Ann MacLean of Greenhill drying linen on the machair.
Courtesy of Ms Mary Brown
Flora Ann MacLean of Greenhill pictured drying sheets and blankets on the machair. Each summer a good day was chosen for the household to wash the bedclothes.
Black and white photograph of Flora Ann MacLean, Greenhill.
Flora Ann MacLean of Greenhill, grandmother of Mary, Donald Archie and Archie Brown, bleaching linen on the machair. (Died in 1934)
Audio cassette recording of (a) the opening ceremony at Tur Mhic Chaluim and (b) Hugh MacDonald, Kenovay recorded by Margaret MacKay of the School of Scottish Studies.
Audio recording of Side A – the opening ceremony at Tur Mhic Chaluim on 26/7/1986 with introduction by Alec MacArthur, Ronald MacDonald of Cornaigbeg talking about 19th century emigration, Neil Brownlie and Prof. Donald Meek talking about the Rev. Donald MacCallum, and Hugh Archie MacLean of Salum talking about the way forward for crofters today, Side B – The late Hugh MacDonald of Kenovay talks to Margaret MacKay of the School of Scottish Studies about his piping days.
Booklet titled `Isle of Tiree` edited by Mona MacDonald, with photocopy.
Guide to townships on Tiree, local advertising and map. Accession includes photocopy of same.
Documents relating to the `Tiry mermaid`, found on a Tiree beach in 1795
(1) Photocopy of a deposition in Inverary Archives by Colin MacNiven who found a mermaid`s body on the beach near Grianal in 1795, (2) Transcript of deposition by Colin MacNiven relating to the `Tiry mermaid`, (3) Copy of letter dated 2002 from Professor Ian Boyd of St Andrews Universiity relating to the `Tiry mermaid`.
Ordnance Survey map, sheet NL94SW, 1:10,000.
Map of Kilkenneth, Greenhill, Sandaig, Middleton, Barrapol and Ceann a` Bhara showing contour lines, roads and paths, boundaries, townships and buildings, bridges and cattle grids, rivers and drains, sites of antiquities, vegetation and rock features.
Information on Middleton, Sandaig, Kilkeneth and Greenhill by Hector MacPhail.
Township histories for Middleton, Sandaig, Kilkenneth and Greenhill by Hector MacPhail.
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Ordnance Survey map sheet LXIV.
Map of the north-west and central areas of Tiree from Greenhill in the west to Baugh in the east, at a scale of 6 inches to the mile (1:10,560).
Ordnance Survey map sheet LXIII & LXIV.
Map of the north-west and central areas of Tiree from Greenhill in the west to Baugh in the east, at a scale of 6 inches to the mile (1:10,560).
Ordnance Survey map sheet LXIII & LXIV.
Map of the north-west and central areas of Tiree from Greenhill in the west to Baugh in the east, at a scale of 6 inches to the mile (1:10,560).
