The Tophouse during Anne’s 1953 holiday.
Note the later wooden porch and the remains of the weaving shed seen frequently in pictures in the Chrissie Oliver Collection (eg No.20).
| Island: | Eigg |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Ann Campbell Collection |
| Location: | Cleadale |
| Tags CleadaleTophouseMacKinnon |
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Roddy Campbell & Dugald MacKinnon, Ferry Boat 1953
Roddy Campbell and Dugald MacKinnon’s ferry boat, 1953.
| Island: | Eigg |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Ann Campbell Collection |
| Location: | at Sea |
| Tags Roddy CampbellDugald MacKinnonFerry Boat |
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Family
Hugh’s wife, Mary, with Isa MacKinnon, wife of Donald (Hugh’s brother) and Cathy MacKinnon, their daughter.
| Island: | Muck |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Hugh MacKinnon Collection |
| Location: | Muck |
| Tags Hugh MacKinnon |
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Hector MacKinnon Family Group
Hector MacKinnon’s family group in Cleadale: Mary Ann MacKinnon (Hector’s daughter), Hugh MacKinnon (John MacKinnon’s son), Kathy MacKinnon (Hector’s daughter) and Duncan MacKinnon (John’s son).
| Island: | Eigg |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Hugh MacKinnon Collection |
| Location: | Cleadale |
| Tags Hector MacKinnon |
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Cattle at Port Mhor
Cattle loaded at Port Mor, Muck, with Angus Stewart (ploughman) and Hugh MacKinnon on the way to the Oban cattle sales
| Island: | Muck |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Hugh MacKinnon Collection |
| Location: | Port Mhor |
| Tags Hugh MacKinnonCattleAngus Stewart |
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Group on Muck
A group on Muck: Back row Alan MacKinnon and Hector MacDonald; Front row Johnny MacDonald, Lachlan MacDonald (all three MacDonalds Pier House, Muck) and Hugh MacKinnon. Lachlan married Marybell MacQuarrie who had a croft in Cleadale (see Peggy Kirk Collection No 26). Hector and Johnny now and again were boatmen on the Muck Estate boat for Commander MacEwen
| Island: | Muck |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Hugh MacKinnon Collection |
| Location: | Muck |
| Tags MacEwenMacQuarrieMacKinnonMacDonaldBoatmen |
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Muck Estate Boat 1922
Muck Estate boat. Hugh MacKinnon remembers clearly that this picture was taken in 1922 – the year he sat the bursary exam in Eigg. Here the boat is going from Muck to Rum. Kenneth MacKinnon, shepherd on Muck, is at the back of the boat, and he is leaving Muck for a new position on Rum. At the left-hand end of the picture is Lachlan MacDonald who was managing the farm on Muck for the MacEwens. (His father Charles originally came to Muck as a shepherd.) The lady in the middle is Jessie MacDonald
| Island: | Muck |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Hugh MacKinnon Collection |
| Location: | Port Mhor |
| Tags MacKinnonMacDonaldMuck BoatPort Mhor |
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John MacKinnon
John MacKinnon, Hugh’s father who lived at Port Mor on Muck, putting winter feed into the byre. The MacEwens allowed each household to keep one cow for their own use. The thatched byre had formerly been a house, built by Hugh’s grandfather.
| Island: | Muck |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Hugh MacKinnon Collection |
| Location: | Port Mhor |
| Tags MacEwenPort MhorJohn MacKinnon |
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Visit to Rum
Taken on a visit to Hugh and Mary while they were in Rum: Back row Ann MacLean (Eigg), Mary MacKinnon (Hugh’s wife), Angie MacLean (Eigg); Front row Charlie MacDonald (Muck), Alan MacKinnon (Muck: Hugh’s brother) and Dodie Campbell (Eigg: Hugh’s cousin – Dodie Campbell’s mother was an aunt of Hugh MacKinnon). The picture was taken by Hugh.
| Island: | Rum |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Hugh MacKinnon Collection |
| Location: | Rum |
| Tags CampbellMacKinnonMacDonaldMacLean |
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Visit to Rum
On the same occasion: Back row Charlie MacDonald, Dodie Campbell, Angie MacLean, Alan MacKinnon; Ann MacLean and Hugh MacKinnon.
| Island: | Rum |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Hugh MacKinnon Collection |
| Location: | Rum |
| Tags MacKinnonMacLeanCharlie MacDonald |
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Visit to Rum
Back row: Hugh MacKinnon, Dodie Campbell; Front row Charlie Thompson (see Ian Campbell Collection), Dugald MacKinnon.
| Island: | Rum |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Hugh MacKinnon Collection |
| Location: | Rum |
| Tags Dugald MacKinnonHugh MacKinnonDotie CampbellThompson |
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Expedition to Eigg
A Sunday’s expedition to Massacre Cave: Hugh MacKinnon, Colin MacDonald and Hector MacDonald. Hugh and the Sandies had been talking about the Massacre Cave, which at that time they had never seen, so they went to investigate.
| Island: | Muck |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Hugh MacKinnon Collection |
| Location: | Muck |
| Tags Hugh MacKinnonHector MacDonaldColin MacDonald |
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Hugh MacKinnon, Mary Campbell from Skye (teacher on Muck) and Donald MacIsaac
Hugh MacKinnon, Mary Campbell from Skye (teacher on Muck) and Donald MacIsaac (who came as a shepherd from Loch Awe to Muck and later to Eigg). Donald MacIsaac had the southern croft house at Cuagach, which is now owned by John MacKinnon, nephew of Hugh MacKinnon a businesses man in the Corpach area. His mother was Phemie, a daughter of Donald MacIsaac
| Island: | Eigg |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Hugh MacKinnon Collection |
| Location: | Eigg |
| Tags Hugh MacKinnonTeacherMary CampbellDonald MacIsaac |
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Emigrants Stone, Rum
Mary MacKinnon on Rum with her hand on the “emigrants stone” on the side of the road. This was a large stone rolled to a prominent position overlooking the sea, apparently by a group of emigrants before they departed, probably for Canada.
| Island: | Rum |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Hugh MacKinnon Collection |
| Location: | Rum |
| Tags Emigrants StoneMary MacKinnon |
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Holiday in Glagow
Kate MacKinnon (Hugh’s mother in law) with Jessie MacDonald (Kate’s sister) and Marion MacDonald. Kate is on holiday in Glasgow.
| Island: | Muck |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Hugh MacKinnon Collection |
| Location: | Glasgow |
| Tags Kate MacKinnonJessie MacDonaldMarion MacDonald |
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Hugh and Family
Hugh MacKinnon and his wife Mary with Catherine, his mother, and John, his father.
| Island: | Muck |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Hugh MacKinnon Collection |
| Location: | Muck |
| Tags Hugh MacKinnonJohn MacKinnonMary MacKinonCatherine MacKinnon |
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ohn and Catherine MacKinnon
John and Catherine MacKinnon. She had been Catherine MacPherson and she came from Sanna, Ardnamurchan.
| Island: | Muck |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Hugh MacKinnon Collection |
| Location: | Muck |
| Tags John MacKinnonCatherine MacKinnonSannaArdnamurchan |
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