Portree
Local
History Society

Chair: I. G. MacDonald

Secretary: Marilyn Clarke
Treasurer: Rita Campbell

This Season's Meetings

Previous Meetings:

Our Season
2010 - 2011

• October 12, 2010
  It's Not in the Books: Edinbane Uncovered
  Roddy Gillies
• November 9, 2010
  Digging Deep in Armadale
  Mary Peteranna
• December 14, 2010
  Father Allan of Eriskay
  Roger Hutchinson
• January 11, 2011
  Tobar an Dualchais/The Well of Heritage
  Donnie Munro
• February 8, 2011
  Torrin: Beneath Blaven
  Paul Johnson
• March 8, 2011
  Raising the Roof: Corrugated Iron
  Nick Thomson
• April 12, 2011
  AGM followed by Elgin Hostel School Days
  Norman Gilles

2009 - 2010

• October 13, 2009
  Their Past, Your Future.
  Mary Carmichael
• November 10, 2009
  Our Landscape and its Music
  John Purser
• December 8, 2009
  A Trip round Trotternish.
  (postponed)
  I.G. MacDonald
• January 12, 2010
  Visit to New Archive Centre Elgin Hostel Portree.
  Anne Macleod
• February 9, 2010
  A Walk on the Wild Side:from the Butt of Lewis to Barra Head.
  (Switched to December)
  Cailean Maclean
• March 9, 2010
  Where is the Bar? A Kensaleyre History (Scotland’s Rural Past Project ).
  John Wilson
• April 13, 2010
  AGM followed by Lyndale House History from 1900.
  Marcus Ridsdall Smith

2008 - 2009

• October 14, 2008
  High Pasture Cave and developments at Fiskavaig
  Stephen Birch
  

• November 11, 2008
  MacLean family of Raasay.
  Iona MacDonald
  
• December 9, 2008
  Dunvegan Castle
  - The Castle, The Clan, The Homecoming
  
• January 13, 2009
  All Creatures Great and Small- 50 Years as a Vet on Skye.
  D.J. Maclennan
  
• February 10, 2009
  UHI History Department.
  Dr Jim Hunter
  
• March 10, 2009
  St Maolrubha & St Columba.
  Norman Newton
  
• April 14, 2009
  Col. Jock Collection and Museum of Isles Collection.
  Maggie MacDonald

Season 2011 - 2012 - the full programme

All meetings are at Tigh na Sgire, Portree, and start at 7.30 p.m.

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 venture is intended to introduce the Society and, through it, the History of the area, to a wider audience.
We welcome any contributions - written, pictorial or both, long, short or single sentences - to expand the content of the site.
Please feel free to email them to the site. All copyright will be duly acknowledged.

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”

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

All meetings are held at Tigh na Sgire, Portree,
but note change of venue, December 2008
at 7. 30 p.m.,
on the second Tuesday of each month.

• The Secretary: Marilyn Clarke
• Website issues: Steve Clarke

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