Comann Eachdraidh Ionadail Phortrigh
Portree Local History Society
Comann Eachdraidh Ionadail Phortrigh
Chair: Morna MacLaren
Vice Chair: Bruce McGhie
Secretary: Nanette Muir
Treasurer: Tim Moore
Our New Season
2008 - 2009
at Tigh na Sgire, Portree
7.30 p.m.
2008 - 2009
at Tigh na Sgire, Portree
7.30 p.m.
Programme of Meetings: 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
NB VENUE: 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
Portree and Skye History on the Web
Inevitably, there is a huge range of references to the Portree area on the Internet - some better than others, some commercial, some research-based.
This list, which will grow with this site, represents some of those we have found.
We leave it up to our readers to judge the relative value of each, and cannot be held responsible for their content,
but think you may find them worthwhile and interesting.
- The "am baile" site - The Gaelic Village - has to be a starting point.
Although a "Highlands-wide" enterprise, the site has a search engine which will focus you onto matters of Skye, Portree, or wheresoever you please. - Strongly recommended is the site devoted to the archaeological examination of High Pasture Cave - Ard an Àrd-Achaidh
- The Portree section of the British History Online site is taken from the 1846 "Topographical Dictionary of Scotland". Fascinating.
- "A Vision of Britain Through Time"
is based at the University of Portsmouth, and is well worth a visit and some detailed surfing.
Portree's entry contains a lot of interesting detail. - Just as an example, here is a study of crofting, one of
many similar articles tucked away on the Web.
Enjoy the search. - A site offering services connected with genealogical research:
- Comann Leabhraichean nan Eilean
The Islands Book Trust
Programme of Meetings: 2007 - 2008
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 Orain -
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.
Contact us:
- The Secretary: Nanette Muir
- Website issues: Steve Clarke