Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 45, 24/6/1992.
Local news including the opening of the linkspan, a new teacher for the Gaelic Unit, septic tank emptying, Moss – part 2 by Sandy MacKinnon, waste recycling and news from the hall committee.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 47, 9/9/1992.
Local news including concerns over the state of the pierhead, dental hygiene in Argyll, Moss – part 3 by Sandy MacKinnon, lamb and cattle sales, Tiree entrants to the Mod, and news from the gardening and regatta clubs.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 49, 28/10/1992.
Local news including the extra turn-around time required by the ferry unload hay lorries, fluoridation of the water supply, the opening of the Sandaig museum and an article about gardening in Moss.
Three floppy disks with Gaelic place-names in Tiree townships.
Gaelic place-names in the Tiree townships.
Black and white photograph of Neil MacKinnon, Moss.
Neil MacKinnon of Greenbank, Moss.
Black and white photograph of Sandy Kennedy, Moss.
Sandy Kennedy of Moss with a horse and cart, probably taken in the 1930s.
Photocopied petition dated 1893 to Argyll County Council from a group of Tiree cottars.
Petition dated 1893 to Argyll County Council from a group of cottars from Kilmoluaig, Balevullin, Sandaig, Kilkenneth, Moss, Cornaigmore, Cornaigbeg, Kenovay and Barrapol, all wanting to rent land under the Small Holdings Scotland Act of 1892.
1893 petition to the County Council
Transcription of a petition of 1893 to the County Clerk by Tiree cottars asking to benefit under the Small Holdings Act.
Courtesy of Argyll & Bute Archives
The Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act of 1886 introduced a new form of land tenure based on security of tenure, fair rents, and compensation for permanent improvements at the termination of a tenancy. The new Act only applied to holdings which were held on a yearly tenancy and whose annual rent did not exceed £30.
Cottars who had no crofts remained outside the political settlement until 1892 when the Small Holdings Act enabled County Councils to acquire suitable land ‘for the purpose of providing small holdings for persons who…will themselves cultivate the holdings.’
In 1893 forty-two cottars, most of whom were formerly in possession of crofts, petitioned the County Clerk William Sproat asserting the demand for small holdings on the island and claiming their right to benefit under the new Act.
Typewritten extract about expenses incurred by Argyll Estates on Tiree 1864-1899.
Information about expenses incurred by Argyll Estates on Tiree 1864-1899, e.g. maintenance of schools, teachers` salaries, maintenance of other infrastructure, assistance to emigrants, fishermen and crofters, nurses` wages, etc.
Photocopied letter from estate factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 13/7/1905 about a soup kitchen in Moss.
Letter from estate factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 13/7/1905 to Donald MacDonald, teacher at Heylipol School, about a soup kitchen in Moss started by Lady Victoria Campbell for the benefit of scholars
