Township: ruaig

2003.155.7

Black and white photograph of Ruaig School, 1944-45.

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Back row (left to right): Robert Purdon, Kirkapol; Jimmy Purdon; Neil MacLean, Mithealum; Archie MacReady; Hugh Archie MacLean, Salum
Second row: Nan Menzies, Salum House; Chrissie Marno; Ella MacKinnon, Vaul; Sadie Menzies, Salum House; Margaret MacKinnon, Ruaig; Fiona MacLeod, Ruaig; Annie Stewart, Croish
Third row: unknown; unknown; teacher Margaret MacLean
Front row: Ethel Woods; possibly Mary Gardner; Alfie Tarbert; Gavin Clark, Ruaig; Catherine Mary MacKinnon, Upper Vaul; Bobby MacLean, Mithealum; Hugh MacKinnon, Ruaig; Tommy Gardner, Kirkapol

(information kindly provided by Ethel MacCallum, Duncan Grant, Fiona MacKinnon and Archie Johnstone: JH June 2020)

2003.141.5

Black and white photograph of two RAF men, Margaret Lamont and Flora MacInnes in 1968.

Ruaig in 1968. L-R: unknown RAF technician, Margaret Lamont (wife of Charlie Lamont, Ruaig), RAF Sergeant Clark, Floraidh MacInnes from Northern Ireland (Margaret`s sister), photographed before the handover of the airport to the CAA.

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2003.141.7

Black and white photograph of Margaret Lamont, Floraidh MacInnes, two RAF men and six foster-children in Ruaig in 1968.

Ruaig in 1968. L-R: (back) Margaret Dunne, unknown RAF technician; Margaret Lamont, wife of Charlie Lamont and foster-mother of the six children in the photograph; RAF Sergeant Clark; Floraidh MacInnes, Margaret’s sister; (middle) Robert Leppard; (front) Steven Corbett; Samuel Dunne; Steven Leppard; James Dunne.

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1997.165.2

Black and white photograph of Ruaig School in the late 1940s-1950s.

Ruaig School in the late 1940s-1950s. Back row (L-R): ?, ?, ?; Hugh Archie MacLean, Salum. Middle row (L-R): Nan Menzies; Chrissie Marno; Ella Donald (nee MacKinnon), Vaul; Sadie Menzies, Salum; Margaret MacInnes (nee MacKinnon), Ruaig; Fiona MacLean, Ruaig; Annie Stewart, Croish(?). 2nd row from front (L-R): Ethel Woods; ?; ?. Front row (L-R): Mary Gardner(?); Alfie Tarbert; Gavin Clark, Ruaig; Catherine Mary MacDonald (nee MacKinnon), Upper Vaul; Bobby MacLean Mealum; Hugh MacKinnon, Ruaig; Tommy Gardner, Kirkapol.

c3.jpgClick here for additional information courtesy of Ethel MacCallum.

2000.131.1

Three floppy disks with Gaelic place-names in Tiree townships.

Gaelic place-names in the Tiree townships.