Mull Museum
Museum, library and archive, Tobermory, Isle of Mull.
Soil and Soul: People Versus Corporate Power
by Alastair McIntosh
The Scottish Clearances
The Scottish Clearances: A History of the Dispossessed by T.M. Devine. ‘Takes the reader by the hand through the prickly jungle of clearance and dispossession’
On the Other Side of Sorrow
On the Other Side of Sorrow: Nature and People in the Scottish Highlands by James Hunter. Rich in history and Gaelic songs / poetry.
Plantation Slavery & Land Ownership
Plantation Slavery and Land Ownership in the West Highlands and Islands: Legacies and Lessons – paper and webinar by Iain MacKinnon
Real People in a Real Place
An essay by Iain Crichton Smith
The Making Of The Crofting Community
The Making of The Crofting Community by James Hunter. This award winning book is an essential introduction to some of the central themes of Scotland’s history
Consider The Lilies
A novel focusing on the experience of one elderly woman facing eviction during the Highland Clearances. A good illustration of Dùthchas.
Hallaig (English)
Hallaig – poem by Sorley MacLean. A reflection on the nature of time and the historical impact of the highland clearances. English translation by Seamus Heaney.
Hallaig (Gaelic)
Hallaig – a poem by Sorley MacLean. A reflection on the nature of time and the historical impact of the highland clearances. Original Gaelic version and English translation by Sorley MacLean.
Mull: The Island & Its People
Mull: The Island And Its People by Jo Currie explores the history of the island in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Island Voices
‘Island Voices: Traditions of North Mull’ by Ann MacKenzie has much information about traditional life and some powerful testimonies from the Clearances.
