Tiree: A History

by Billy Clelland

The text of the document is divided into four parts, each of which can be downloaded by clicking on its number.
The appendices can be downloaded as a single large file or as smaller individual files.


Part 1 Pre-History to 600 AD: Picts, Celts, St Columba 16 pages
Part 2 600-1600: Vikings, Somerled, Maclean Era 18 pages
Part 3 1600-1770: Campbell Takeover, Jacobite Rebellions 25 pages
Part 4 1770-1900: Overpopulation, Evictions & Emigration 57 pages
Appendices: --- 44 pages
A Place Names of Tiree 1 page
B Islanders surrendering arms after the 1715 rebellion 18 pages
C Argyll Estates Report by Duncan Forbes of Culloden, 1737 4 pages
D Prisoners of the 1745 rebellion 1 page
E Gross sales of Tiree farms, 1793-1794 1 page
F Yearly totals of Old Parish Register marriages & baptisms, 1766-1854 2 pages
G Households & population, 1747-1901 1 page
H Napier Commission evidence by E C Stanford, 1883 11 pages
I Tiree witnesses before the Napier Commission, 1883 1 page
J Locations, households & population by census year, 1779-1891 1 page
Index --- 5 pages