Portree Local History Society

Chair: Morna MacLaren
Vice Chair: Bruce McGhie
Secretary: Nanette Muir
Treasurer: Tim Moore

Our New Season
2007 - 2008
at Tigh na Sgire, Portree
7.30 p.m.

Programme of Meetings: 2007 - 2008

October 9 - Ian Suddaby - The Excavation at Home Farm
November 13 - Dr Jeff Stone - St Kilda: Two Decades of Digging and Scraping
(in association with Aberdeen University Centre for Lifelong Learning )
December 11 - Dr Martin MacGregor - The Lordship of the Isles
January 8 - Seonachan MacLeod - Deserted Villages of Skye
February 12 - Professor Brian Sykes - Vikings in the Blood?
March 11 - Murray MacDonald - Mobile Banking by Land and Sea in the Highlands and Islands
April 8 - AGM, with guest speaker - Ronnie Armstrong - Para Handy and the Clyde Puffers

Previous Meetings: 2006 - 2007

October 10 - Bill Cowie - Kirk Cave, Rona
November 14 - Alister Ross – Education – PHS100
December 12 - Norman Newton - Skye and Raasay
(in association with Aberdeen University Centre for Lifelong Learning )
January 9 - Pat Myhill - Telford’s Stein
February 13 - Fiona MacKenzie – Màiri Mhòr nan Òrain -
A song-lecture
March 13 - Ian McCrorie - The MacBrayne Story
April 10 - AGM, with guest speaker - Roger Hutchinson - “Calum’s Road”

All meetings are held at Tigh na Sgire, Portree,
at 7. 30 p.m.,
on the second Tuesday of each month.

• The Secretary: Nanette Muir
• Website issues: Steve Clarke

We cannot offer direct help with questions about Family History,


but this (commercial) site may help.

Portree Local History Society exists to promote the study of and an interest in the History of Portree, its local area and surroundings, and the Isle of Skye in general.

Is e prìomh amas a'chomainn ùidh dhaoine a dhùsgadh chan e a-mhàin ann an eachdràidh baile Phortrigh ach ann an eachdraidh an Eilein air fad. Tha sinn deònach daoine a bhrosnachadh gu bhith rannsachadh agus a'clàradh eachdraidh ar coimhearsnachdan.

We have a programme of meetings held through the Autumn, Winter and Spring months, and, in addition, organise outings and visits of historical interest during the Summer.

Tha an Comann a'coinneachadh a h-iule mìos ann a Taigh na Sgìre ann am Portrigh. Tha na coinneamhan air an cumail ann am Beurla ach b'fhìor thoigh leinn luchd na Gàidhlig a bhith an sàs san obair cuideachd.

The Society's web site
This is a new venture which is intended to introduce the Society and, through it, the History of the area, to a wider audience.
It is hoped that the site will grow quickly - so keep visiting!

It is our intention to use Gaelic throughout the site.

We gratefully acknowledge the help given by Dualchas in the preparation of this site, particularly with the photographs used which are, in general, that organisation's copyright.

We have included a page for visitors to add questions and comments, which we would encourage everybody to use, but we are not able to deal with specific questions of Genealogy and Family History.

• Latest additions: an opportunity to join a study of Scotland's Rural Past;
  Portree's Archaeology - the exciting dig at Home Farm
• About Dualchas
• Some sites worth visiting
• A page on which to ask questions