Thursday, May 29, 2025

Finvola, the Gem of the Roe - and an Islay 'youth clad in Tartan'

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Sam Henry (1878 –1952) was an Irish folk song collector from Coleraine who assembled nearly 700 songs in the 1920s and 1930s for his weekly ...
Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Mairi Riobach/Mary MacCrain (1737-1855?) - an 'Eccentric Centenarian' on Jura

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A newspaper report from 1853 tells of an 'Eccentric Centenarian': 'There is living on the estate of Ardlussa, Jura, a woman name...
Saturday, January 29, 2022

MacDonnells Race: Rathlin Island, Islay and danger on the seas

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Musician Phil Cunningham's BBC programme 'The narrow sea, the farthest shore' (2022) explores the cultural links between the wes...
Saturday, April 29, 2017

Islay Regatta 1870: sea sports and land sports

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From Glasgow Herald, 5 September 1870: 'On Wednesday last, the 30th [August 1870] the annual regatta came off in Lochindaal Bay,  a...
Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Islay fishermen 1890s: strike, riot and tragedy

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Life for fishermen on Islay in the 1890s, as at many other times, was precarious and dangerous. These reports highlight several incidents f...
Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Islay First World War Dead in De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour

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Marquis De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour was a privately published 'biographical record of all members of his majesty's naval and mi...
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Monday, August 4, 2014

The First World War Dead from Islay

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Port Ellen War Memorial Today is the 100th anniversary of the entry of Britain into what was to become known as the First World War - or...
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