Collection: Local Collection Non Fiction

The Clark family originated in the hamlet of Inverchapel at the south east shores of Loch Eck. They emigrated to Australia and were associated with the Ghoolendaadi sheep station from 1865 until 1919. At its height, the property on the Liverpool Plains comprised 268,000 acres (400 square miles).

Gaelic choirs combine the finest singing traditions with great craic, and every choir has its own catalogue of funny stories from down the years. 'Craic is coisir' celebrates the shenanigans which take place in Gaelic choirs, with anecdotes from Tong to Taynuilt and Laxdale to Loch Fyne, all in a...

A biography of Duncan MacIver Campbell, head of the MacIver Campbell family of Asknish and the Laird of the Asknish Estate at Lochgair in Argyll between 1853 and 1881. Drawing on extensive archival research in Scotland and Ireland, Angus Campbell charts MacIver Campbell's incredibly eventful life...

Roderick MacLean was commendator of the Abbey of Iona, Bishop of the Isles, & member of an extended kindred who had close connections to Iona & its abbey. After studying on the continent he held a series of ecclesiastical posts in Scotland & spent multiple sojourns on church business in Rome. Dur...

A brief history of the Campbells of South Hall, compiled mainly from the Argyll Papers held in Inveraray Castle.