Tiree Place Names

LONGSHIPS ON THE SAND

An Talla was the venue, the date was Tuesday the 22nd of November and the occasion was the book launch of ‘Longships on the Sand’. The author is Dr John Holliday, who was the general medical practitioner on Tiree for thirty years. Graciously and humbly he informed his audience of the background to the book. […]

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When East Moved West

We have been living on Tiree just over two years and there are still places we have yet to explore. Almost every week we pass the end of the road, but it was not until this afternoon that we parked the car and walked the short distance up to the area known as ‘The Green’. With […]

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