Our Funders and Supporters
Historic Environment Scotland
Historic Environment Scotland is the lead public body to investigate, care for and promote Scotland’s historic environment.
As well as being central to telling the story of our nation, Historic Environment Scotland directly supports more than 16,000 full-time equivalent jobs and generates more than £600 million for Scotland’s economy, while also boosting the wellbeing of communities.
Alison Turnbull, Director of External Relations and Partnerships at HES said: “Tìr Ìseal nan Òran (Tiree: low land of song) is a wonderful collaborative project which we are delighted to support and be involved in. Tiree is a dynamic and vibrant community, with a rich tradition of story and song, which continues to this day. We want to celebrate this legacy with this island-wide project where artists collaborate with community groups and young people to create new songs, films, artworks and more, in Gaelic and English. This is an exciting opportunity to share Tiree’s rich history, language and contemporary lives with the rest of Scotland, and the world.”
Creative Scotland
Creative Scotland is the public body that supports the arts, screen and creative industries across all parts of Scotland on behalf of everyone who lives, works or visits here.
We enable people and organisations to work in and experience the arts, screen and creative industries in Scotland by helping others to develop great ideas and bring them to life.
We distribute funding from the Scottish Government and The National Lottery.
Anna MacQuarrie, Gaelic Arts Officer at Creative Scotland says: “Tìr Ìseal nan Òran (Tiree: low land of song) is continuing a fine long-standing tradition of Tiristeach creativity. Capturing tales from Tiree’s rich history through the generations and with Gaelic language and culture at its heart, Tìr Ìseal nan Òran will also make a fascinating contribution to Scotland's 2022 Year of Stories."
Argyll & Bute Council Supporting Communities Fund
Argyll and Bute Council Supporting Communities Fund provides grant funding to support local communities, including the voluntary sector, communities, charities and social enterprises which may be involved in sports and leisure, arts and culture, social welfare or education.
Argyll Estates
The Duchess of Argyll says ‘I am delighted that our archives will be used for the Tìr Ìseal nan Òran (Tiree, Low Land of Song) project. The Argyll Papers are a meticulously catalogued and extremely well managed source for recording and preserving history and this project will promote the collection to a new the audience, including those who have been on the island for generations, their descendants, newcomers and all those who love stories.’
Bòrd na Gàidhlig
Bòrd na Gàidhlig is the principal public body in Scotland responsible for promoting Gaelic development, including providing advice to Scottish Ministers on Gaelic issues.
Our aim is that Gaelic is seen and heard on a daily basis across Scotland, such that it is widely recognised as an integral part of Scottish life and a national cultural and economic asset.
Thuirt Brian Ó hEadhra, Manaidsear Com-pàirteachais & Maoineachaidh aig Bòrd na Gàidhlig: ‘Chan e a-mhàin gum bi am pròiseact cultarach cudromach seo a’ comharrachadh beairteas traidiseanan na Gàidhlig, sean is ùr, ach bidh e cuideachd a’ brosnachadh chom-pàirtichean agus luchd-ealain an cuid Gàidhlig a chleachdadh tron phròiseact. Tha sinn a’ dèanamh fiughair ri bhith a’ faicinn an obair a thèid a dhèanamh agus na goireasan a thèid a chruthachadh air am bi luach, chan ann a-mhàin aig na Tiristich, ach aig luchd-èisteachd air feadh na cruinne.’
Friends of the Argyll Papers
The Friends of the Argyll Papers was established to support the development of the family and estate archive of the Campbell family, dukes of Argyll, and to promote its use and enjoyment by a wide audience.
The Argyll Papers have been described as one of the most important private archives in Britain (Professor Allan Macinnes, 2014). It is a rich resource for Scottish and British history from the thirteenth to the twenty-first centuries and attracts visitors from all over the world, researching a wide range of subjects including family and local history, Gaelic studies, place names, military history, political history, economic and social history, agriculture and industry, architecture and more.
An Iodhlann
Fàilte oirbh! Welcome to An Iodhlann, the historical centre on the island of Tiree. An Iodhlann, pronounced ‘an-ee-lun’, is Gaelic for the stackyard where the harvest is stored.
Since 1995 we have been collecting material about Tiree – old letters, emigrant lists, maps, reports, artefacts, photographs, stories and songs. Stretching from the 3,000 million year old Lewissian gneiss which provides the bedrock of the island to last week’s cattle sale prices, we now cover almost everything about the island, its people and the wider diaspora in our 12,000 item collection.
Scotland’s Year of Stories 2022
Join in with Scotland’s Year of Stories 2022 as we celebrate stories inspired by, written, or created in Scotland.
Stories are a vital part of Scotland’s culture and every community has a different tale to tell. Shared stories, whether spoken, written, sung or filmed are what give a sense of place, history and belonging. This year you can look forward to events by community groups, museums, heritage sites and other visitor attractions with storytelling always at the heart of it.
Marie Christie, Head of Development at VisitScotland said: ‘We are delighted to be supporting Tìr Ìseal nan Òran (Tiree: low land of song) through the Year of Stories 2022 Community Stories Fund. Events play an important role in our communities as they sustain livelihoods and help to celebrate and promote our unique places, spaces and stories. Themed Years are all about collaboration and Museums Galleries Scotland, National Lottery Heritage Fund and VisitScotland are pleased to work in partnership to create this fund to showcase community stories. By supporting events taking place within our communities, including Tìr Ìseal nan Òran (Tiree: low land of song), new opportunities will be provided for locals and visitors to come together and find out more about the diverse stories, past and present, that our communities have to share.’
Tiree Community Development Trust
Chaidh Urras Thiriodh a’ stèidheachadh ann am Màrt 2006. Tha’ n coimhearsnachd a’ riuth agus stiúireadh am buidheann. Tha e a seasamh airson an doigh a tha’ n coimearsnachd ag iarriadh adhartachd a’ dheamah le seasmhach, tìreil, eaconomach agus leasachadh sòisealta dhan eilean.
The Tiree Community Development Trust was formed in March 2006 and is owned, and managed by Tiree’s community. It represents a community led approach to rural development promoting the sustainable, environmental and economic and social development of Tiree.
Clan Campbell Education Foundation
The Clan Campbell Education Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3), non-profit, tax-exempt charitable and educational Foundation founded by and closely aligned to the Clan Campbell Society (North America).
The purpose of the CCEF is to educate the public regarding the Clan Campbell, Scots and Scotland, and to increase the understanding of the American public of the Scots and Scottish heritage. In particular, we promote the study, promotion, and perpetuation of Scottish culture, including history, music, dance, art, athletics, language, and cuisine and to carry on and conduct charitable and educational programs.
Clan Campbell Society Australia, NSW
Tiree Community Windfall Fund
January 2011 saw the launch of the Tiree Windfall Fund after TREL was able to make its first transfer of money generated by Tilley, our Tiree Community Turbine, to the Trust at the end of 2010.
Over the life of the turbine, TREL will transfer all its available net income to the Trust after meeting its operating costs, including Bank repayments and other reserves. The money is held by the Trust in a ring-fenced bank account at RBS in Scarinish.
Culture, Heritage & Arts Assembly Argyll & Isles
The CHARTS network was conceived through the desire to create a sustainable future for the Culture, Heritage and Arts sector in Argyll.
It has been developed through Creative Scotland’s Place Partnership Programme, with additional European funding secured through the Leader programme.
Tiree & Coll Gaelic Partnership
The aims of the Tiree & Coll Gaelic Partnership are to promote and develop the Gaelic language and culture on the islands of Tiree and Coll, and to promote and develop the collection, display and interpretation of artefacts and records relating to the natural history, the pre-history, the history and the culture of the islands of Tiree and Coll. The collections and displays are centred in an archive and museum called An Iodhlann on the island of Tiree.
Dr John Holliday, chair of the Tiree & Coll Gaelic Partnership, welcomed the start of the project, saying ‘Tìr Ìseal nan Òran weaves the island’s rich oral traditions and the music and song for which it is famous with the treasures of the Inveraray Castle archives. It is going to be some collaboration, and I can’t wait to see and hear what it produces.’
Personal donations
We acknowledge the generous support from personal donors to the project.
Pamela Campbell Bickford
Martha McKinnon
Elizabeth Kraus
Peter Keeley