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Author: Angus Martin
Publisher: John Donald
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 264
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis text portrays the lives of ordinary people of the south-western peninsula of Argyll. It relates the evolution of the mixed stock of Kintyre through the subsequent settlements of the Lowlanders and Irish, also exploring sanitation, epidemic diseases and housing conditions.
Author: Sandra Bardwell
Publisher: Rucksack Readers
Published: 2018-08
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781898481812
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Kintyre Way is a fully waymarked trail that criss-crosses the Kintyre peninsula for 100 miles (161 km). Starting from Tarbert in the north, it visits coastal villages and inland lochs, passing through Campbeltown via Southend to its new terminus of Machrihanish. Our all-new third edition covers the recent major route extension and many other changes. The book includes large-scale mapping by Footprint, and has over 20 new photographs. Please also consult our online route map which is the most accurate resource available: zoom repeatedly for incredible detail. Famous as Scotland only 'mainland island', Kintyre has rugged coastlines facing west to the Atlantic and east to the Firth of Clyde. You walk past castles, abbeys and prehistoric remains, along beaches, moorland and high on forestry tracks with glorious views over Arran and towards Ireland. You will enjoy many wildlife sightings in this peaceful peninsula.
Author: Norman S. Newton
Publisher: David & Charles
Published: 2008-03
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780715328880
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA guide for the tourist and island devotee, it describes the islands' heritage, landscape, climate, flora and fauna. It contains information about the key places of interest, from the tiny town of Campbletown, to the castles and ruins steeped in history. It is illustrated with over 100 colour photographs.|The essential guide for the discerning tourist and island devotee, "Kintyre" describes everything the visitor needs to know about the islands' heritage, landscape, climate, flora and fauna. It contains fascinating information about all the key places of interest, from the tiny town of Campbletown, to the stunning castles and ruins steeped in history. It is illustrated with over 100 superb colour photographs showing every aspect of the island and its people.
Author: Andrew McKerral
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Published: 1948
Total Pages: 212
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Cuthbert Bede
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Published: 1861
Total Pages: 432
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tom Weir
Publisher: Steve Savage Publishers Ltd
Published: 2015-06-12
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 1904246826
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the Solway Firth in the south to Shetland in the north, from remote St Kilda to the west to St Abbs in the east, Tom Weir explores Scotland as a walker and climber, and along the way introduces his readers to the range of wildlife and people living in the countryside, and historical aspects of various places. To his vivid descriptive writing he adds memories of some absent friends, and also retraces the path of Bonnie Prince Charlie on the run after Culloden. Tom Weir became a household name in Scotland as a result of the television series in which he explored his native country, but the book 'Weir's Way' is, to quote the author, 'not about every "e;Weir's Way"e; programme ... it is a broader vision of Scotland using the medium of written words'.
Author: Angus Martin
Publisher:
Published: 2010-12
Total Pages: 102
ISBN-13: 9781845300968
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGraveyards fascinate many folk. Many inscriptions tell abbreviated stories, which a little research can expand. Some offer philosophical advice, but there are also hidden depths of history, biography and sociology. Kilkerran church, Kintyre, Scotland, first appears on record in the mid-thirteenth century. The burial-ground has grown immensely since its expansion, in 1857, beyond the walls of the original churchyard. "Kilkerran Graveyard Revisited" forms a sequel to "An Historical and Genealogical Tour of Kilkerran Graveyard" by the same author and illustrator, published by Kintyre Civic Society in 2006 and still available from the Society. Angus Martin was born in Campbeltown. Editor of "The Kintyre Magazine," this is his twentieth book. Artist George John Stewart traces his Kintyre connections to the 19th Century. He started The Oystercatcher Gallery in Campbeltown in 1989.
Author: Ken McNab
Publisher: Birlinn
Published: 2012-09-28
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 0857902024
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Fab Four: George, John, Paul and Ringo, a quartet of working-class kids whose magical songs and revolutionary influence still inspires four decades on. More has been written about The Beatles than any other rock group in history and it is difficult to imagine that there remains anything new to say, but lifelong Beatles fan Ken McNab reveals for the first time, in intimate detail, the pivotal part Scotland played in the genesis of the group and the extraordinary connections that were fostered north of the border before, during and after their meteoric rise to global fame. McNab follows The Beatles as rough and ready unknowns on their first tour of Scotland in 1960 - when they were booed off stage in Bridge of Allan - and again, in 1964, as all-conquering heroes. He also discovers that the momentous decision to break up the band was made in Scotland and provides details of the McCartneys' lives in Mull of Kintyre and Lennon's childhood holidays in Durness.
Author: Grace Ralston
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Published: 2013-07
Total Pages: 500
ISBN-13: 9781432778354
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Ralston family of Kintyre, Scotland between 1034 A.D. and the present, including some descendants who immigrated to England and many who immigrated to the United States. Includes some who immigrated to India and elsewhere.
Author: Angus Martin
Publisher:
Published: 2014-04
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9781845301521
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen it was first published in 1987, this picture of the lives of country folk from the eighteenth century to the early twentieth completed a trilogy on the history and culture of the author's native Kintyre. The material, from both oral and written sources, tells of everyday lives - working the land, raising livestock, building and furnishing homes, finding fuel and preparing food and celebrating special days. There are also accounts of sheep-stealing, shinty battles, and violent encounters between excise-men and the distillers - and smugglers - of illicit whisky. Illustrated with maps of the peninsula and photographs and reproductions taken or collected by the author.
