Transcription of John Ramsay’s report on Tiree schools in 1863.
Courtesy of His Grace the Duke of Argyll
In 1863, John Ramsay, MP for Falkirk Burghs, reported on the state of Tiree schools to the Royal Commission on Education in Scotland chaired by the 8th Duke of Argyll. Ramsay assessed the condition of the buildings, the quality of the teaching, the progress of the scholars and their attendance at school.
At the time of the report, there were eight schools on Tiree, two supported by the Church of Scotland, four by the Free Church Ladies Society and one each by the General Assembly and the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge. Only three made a good impression.
The recommendations of the Argyll Commission were put into effect by the Education Act of 1872. Primary education was made compulsory for children aged five to thirteen and the control of schools placed in the hands of popularly elected school boards.
Newspaper cutting about the Princess Royal`s visit to Tiree in 1991.
Article and photographs of Princess Anne`s visit to Oban and Tiree in June 1991 where she opened the Continuing Care Unit at Taigh a` Rudha and the activity centre at Hynish. Photographs of Mor MacLeod of Sandaig in Taigh a` Rudha; Marie Lindsay Campbell presenting a bouquet, John Archie MacLean in Taigh a` Rudha.
Photocopied extract from `A Voyage round the Coasts of Scotland and the Isles` by James Wilson, Vol I pp 108-115.
Account of a voyage around Scotland sailing past Skerryvore in the process of construction and visiting the lighthouse workshops at Hynish; description of Tiree`s landscape, stock and cultivation.
Photocopied letter dated 9/9/1893 to the County Clerk from a group of Tiree cottars.
Letter dated 9/9/1893 to the County Clerk from a group of Tiree cottars looking for land to rent in Hynish under the Small Holdings Scotland Act of 1892.
Photocopied letter dated 18/3/1998 from R. K. Campbell about John Campbell, Am Baillidh Mor.
Letter dated 18/3/1998 from R. K. Campbell to Alasdair Sinclair, Brock, about John Campbell, Am Baillidh Mor and ground officer Lachlan MacQuarrie of Hynish.
