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).
1998.263.8
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Township: scarinish
2001.112.1
Audio cassette recording of Margaret MacIntyre of Gott talking to Maggie Campbell in June 2001.
Margaret MacIntyre of Gott talks to Maggie Campbell in June 2001 about teaching in Balemartine School in 1963 then in Scarinish School in the 1970s before moving to the new Primary Department at Cornaigmore; Margaret also talks about the differences between single teacher schools and larger primary schools.
2001.168.6
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.
2001.168.5
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 in 2001 with (side A) Kenneth MacIver and Morag MacDonald talking to John MacKinnon about Skerryvore lighthouse and renovating the Hynish complex, Catriona Campbell about the Kirkapol chapels, the local churches and the Trudgers’ Walk and Hugh MacLean about the Tiree bards; (side B) Grace MacKinnon sings Leaving Lismore, John Campbell sings Fàgail Braigh Bhalla, Angus MacPhails plays the accordion as do the Cornaigbeg Ceilidh Band, Bernie Smith sings Buain an Rannoch and Kenneth MacIver chats to Flora MacLean, Fiona Brown and Mary Brown. Clàr BBC Rèidio nan Gàidheal program mu chèilidh anns an Taigh-òsda Sgairinis ann an 2001 (taobh A) le Coinneach ’ic Iomhair agus Mòrag Dhòmhnallach a’ bruidhinn ri Iain ’ic Fhionghain mu Thaigh Solais na Sgeir Mhòr agus thogalaichean Haoidhnis, ri Catrìona Chaimbeul mu na caibealan ann an Circeabol, na h-eaglaisean ionadail agus cuairt nan ‘Trudgers’, agus ri Eòghann Mhic’Ill’Eathainn mu na Bàird Thirisdich; (taobh B) tha Giorsal Nic Fhionghain a’ seinn Fàgail Lios Mòr, Iain Caimbeul a’ seinn Fàgail Bràigh Bhalla, Aonghas Mac Phàil a’ cluich am bocsa-ciùil cho mar ri Chòmhlan-ciùil Chòrnaig Bhige, Bernie Mac a’ Ghobhainn a’ seinn Buain an Raithneach agus Coinneach ’ic Iomhair a’ còmhradh ri Fionnghal Nic’Ill’Eathainn, Fionnghal Nic’IlleDhuinn agus Màiri Nic’IlleDhuinn.
2000.67.2
Audio cassette recording of a ceilidh with Angus and Nella Munn, Neil and Vivienne Johnston and Dr John Holliday in 2000.
Angus Munn and Neil Johnston talk about electrician and builder Angus MacRae who was the first man to install TVs in Tiree and had a shop in Baugh, the inebriate MacEwan who was a professional golfer, the 18-hole golf course in Scarinish, the crofts in Heanish, Angus’s relations in Heanish, Captain MacKinnon’s relationship to the Nisbets, John Munn and his shop and horse-drawn van, the puffer Mary & Effie unloading at Port a’ Mhuilinn and the fishing boats that used to sail from this harbour.
1997.257.7
Johnny Brown with the ‘Spindrift’
Photograph of Johnny Brown with his launch ‘Spindrift’ at Scarinish harbour.
Johnny Brown, pictured here at Scarinish harbour, was the tenant of Scarinish Farm and the Temperance Hotel there in the 1930s and 1940s. He was also the owner of the motor launch ‘Spindrift’ which was worked by Neil Munn (Neila) of Heanish.
Neila’s work with the ‘Spindrift’ included fishing for lobsters, taking the hotel guests out on fishing trips, and, when work was needed to be done on the Browns’ family farm in Mannal, ferrying the farmhands from Scarinish to Mannal in the morning and bringing them home at night.
The late Hector MacPhail recorded a practical joke on Neila which backfired. One day the farmhands filled Neila’s sea-boots with water. He said nothing but the next day, once out of Scarinish harbour, he donned oilskins and went full ahead to Mannal, drenching the workers with spray on the way.
Board mounted photograph of Johnny Brown with the `Spindrift` displayed in An Iodhlann`s 1997 exhibition.
Johnny Brown, owner of the Temperance Hotel in Scarinish, with the motor launch ‘Spindrift’ in front of Taigh Mairi Claddaich in the 1930s or1940s.
2001.90.2
Postcard with photograph of Kenneth MacKenzie, piermaster.
Kenneth MacKenzie of Scarinish, Gott Pier`s first piermaster. His house is now the Royal Bank of Scotland. (Original in Filing Cabinet 5 drawer 2)
2001.90.3
Black and white photograph of a regatta in 1946.
The competitors in a Tiree regatta of 1946 at Scarinish pier. The hotel is in the background. (Original in Filing Cabinet 5 drawer 2)
2001.90.4
Black and white photograph of Scarinish harbour in 1950.
Lugboats at Scarinish pier before the start of a regatta in 1950. Standing on the left in oilskins and lighting his pipe is `Doan` of Balemartine.
2001.75.1
Photocopied minutes of the meeting of the Tiree School Board in 1873 (Bundle 1539).
Minutes of the Tiree School Board held in the Temperance Hotel in Scarinish on 6th June 1873 and chaired by Rev John Gregorson Campbell.