Copy of birth certificate for John MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol, born in 1885.
Birth certificate for John MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol, born on 15th October 1885.
Copy of birth certificate for John MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol, born in 1885.
Birth certificate for John MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol, born on 15th October 1885.
Hardback book `Hebridean Journey` by Halliday Sutherland.
An account of the tour by the author around the Hebrides by steamer (for Tiree see pp 108-138).
Audio cassette recording of BBC Reidio nan Gaidheal programme about a ceilidh in the Scarinish Hotel in 2001.
Recording of BBC Rèidio nan Gàidheal programme about a ceilidh in the Scarinish Hotel with (side A) Morven MacInnes singing Ribeanan Riamhach, Donald Archie MacPhail singing An teid thu leam gu tir a’ mhurainn, Joy Dunlop singing A’ fhleasgach òg is ceanalta, John and Sarah Holliday playing the flute and fiddle, Neil Oliver on the fiddle, Keneth MacIver talking to Dolina MacDonald, Flora MacLean, Nancy Kennedy, John MacKinnon, Lachie Brown, Ishbel MacArthur and Catriona MacLean, (side B) Alasair MacInnes talking about Tiree airport, Roddy MacKay talking CalMac services and Iain MacKinnon talking about Social Work. Program BBC Rèidio nan Gaidheal mun cèilidh ann an Taigh Òsda Sgairinis ann an 2001 le (taobh A) Morven Nic Aonghais a’ seinn Ribeanan Riamhach, Dòmhnall Eàirdsidh MacPhàil a’ seinn An teid thu leam gu tìr a’ mhurainn, Joy Dunlop a’ seinn A fhleasgach òg is ceanalta, Iain agus Sarah Holliday a’ cluich duiseal agus fidheall, Coinneach MhicIomhair a’ bruidhinn ri Doileag NicDhòmhnaill, Fionnghal NicIllEathain, Nansaidh Nic Ulraig, Iain MhicFhioghain, Lachlan MhicIlleDhuinn, Iseabail NicArtair agus Catriona NicIllEathain, (Taobh B) Alasdair MhicAonghais a’ bruidhinn mu Phort-Adhair Thiriodh, Ruairidh MhicAoidh a’ bruidhinn mu sheirbheisean CalMac agus Iain MhicFhionghain a’ bruidhinn mu Sheirbheisean Sòisealta.
Paperback book `Churches to visit in Scotland`
Guide to 765 churches in Scotland – Tiree on page 51.
Report on the excavation of Kirkapol Old Parish Church by Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD) by Olivia Lelong.
Report on the excavation of Kirkapol Old Parish Church in 2001 by Olivia Lelong.
The United Free Church at Kirkapol
Photograph of the United Free Church at Kirkapol.
The Free Church at Kirkapol was built in 1880 and the manse at Scarinish in 1884. At that time the members and adherents numbered 182. Twelve years later, the Free Church in Tiree combined with the United Presbyterians to form the United Free Church.
In 1929 the majority of the United Free Churches voted to rejoin the Church of Scotland, with the minority including the Tiree congregation becoming the United Free Continuing Church. In 1963 the few remaining members agreed to sell the manse to the County Council for use as an old people’s home.
A session meeting in 1966 decided to dissolve the congregation. The pulpit and pews were offered to the church at Ruaig. A knitwear factory was temporarily housed in the building in the early 1970s. It is now a guest house.
Colour photograph of the old Free Church at Kirkapol.
The old Free Church at Kirkapol now Kirkapol Guest House.
Audio cassette recording of Elsie and Fiona MacKinnon of Kirkapol talking to Maggie Campbell in February 2000.
Elsie MacKinnon talks to Maggie Campbell in February 2000 about her schooldays on Tiree, working on Kirkapol farm, houses in Kirkapol and Gott, churches, doctors, local herbal cures, washing day and the Rev Hector MacKinnon; Elsie and Fiona talk about tracing Elsie`s family and their reunion after 75 years; Elsie recites a prayer said by Duncan MacKinnon, a relative of the Rev Hector.
Audio cassette recording of Neil MacLean talking to John Holliday.
Neil MacLean of Kenovay talks to Dr John Holliday in 1998 about his family, leaving school and working on his father’s croft then at Brown & Sons in Balemartine, working on the mainland and returning to Tiree as Co-op manager, managing the newly set-up Knitwear Factory at Kirkapol Free Church, the success and problems of running the business, the end product, and the new factory built at Crossapol which finally closed in 1982.
Photocopied summary of attendance for examinations in Tiree schools for 1862 and 1863 (Bundle 1541).
Summary of attendance for examinations in Kirkapol, Heylipol, Balevullin, Sandaig and Cornaig schools for 1862 and 1863