Digitised copy of State of the difference between the Tiree rental 1757 and the Tiree rental 1758. This record contains a table showing the differences in rent for farms at Kilmoluaig and Beist, Balivilline [Balevullin], Cornaigmore, Cornaigbeg, Ruaig, Kirkapol, Hianish, Vaul, ¾ of Kelis [Caolas], Baugh, Heylipol, Balinoe and Quiyeish [Hynish].
Information about Tiree’s ancient and forgotten golf courses at Kirkapol, Vaul, Scarinish, Cornaigmore and Barrapol. Donated by Harry Ward, author of Forgotten Greens, 2019.
Transcript of a Police Report submitted to Tobermory Procurator Fiscal by John MacDougall (Constable) charging John MacDougall and Malcolm MacKinnon with Breach of Peace on 5 December 1873. MacDougall (fisherman, Vaul) and MacKinnon (cottar, Vaul) are accused of fighting upon sea shore in Vaul. Hugh MacKinnon is accused of striking Ann MacFadyen or MacDougall.
Donald Brown (fisherman, Mannal) and Donald MacDougall (crofter, Vaul) are named as witnesses and provide statements.
Transcript of a Police Report submitted to Tobermory Procurator Fiscal by John MacDougall (Constable) charging William Lachlan and Malcolm Gilchrist with Breach of the Public Peace on 14 November 1872. Lachlan (bower, Gallanach, Coll) and Gilchrist (farmer, Totaronald, Coll) are accused of fighting outside of the grocer shop occupied by Henry Whitelaw in Arinagour.
Captain Hector Lamont (Vaul, Tiree) and John Paterson (farmer, Arnabost, Coll) are named as witnesses.
Transcript of a Police Report submitted to Tobermory Procurator Fiscal by John MacDougall (Constable) charging Flora MacPhail or MacKinnon with assault on 6 August 1872. Flora MacPhail is accused of assaulting Ann MacFadyen or MacDougall (widow, Vaul) with a duck. The report also charges MacPhail with assaulting Lilly Bella MacDougall (daughter of Ann MacFadyen, Vaul).
Ann MacFadyen or MacDougall (above), Lily Bella MacDougall (above) and Catherine MacLeod (daughter of Archibald MacLeod, Vaul) are named as witnesses and provide statements. The accused’s name is given as both MacPhee and MacPhail in this transcript.
Softback book ‘Forgotten Greens’ by Harry Ward, 2019, about the abandoned golf courses of Scotland. Tiree’s golf courses at Balinoe, Cornaigmore, Heylipol, Kirkapol, Scarinish and Vaul are included on pages 111-112. Signed for An Iodhlann by the author.
Photocopy of an academic paper ‘Dun Ara: a Norse-period harbour in Mull?’ by Dr James Petre, 2020. Explores the history of the site known as Dun Ara in Mishnish, north Mull. Comparisons are made with sites at Dun Mor Vaul, Kenavara and Milton, Tiree. A digital copy of the full article is held in An Iodhlann.
Pages from the Antiquary Magazine, 1907, with an illustrated article titled ‘Some Antiquities of Tiree’ by WG Collingwood, about duns and ancient chaples on the island. Mentions the Temperance Hotel in Scarinish and the prosperous appearance of local housing.
