Tìr Ìseal Writing
Students from Tiree Primary and Tiree High School are creating original written work inspired by the Tìr Ìseal project stories
Welcome to our young Tiree writers!
We’re publishing a book of writing inspired by the Tir Iseal project stories.
This page is for you to send us your pieces of writing (in Gaelic or English).
You can use any of the stories from the project as inspiration for your writing. You can read the stories by clicking on the Stories link above.
The stories we’re using in the production are:
The Tiree Mermaid
The Piper of Kenavara
Donald The Pilot
Big Jura John and the Irish Earl
Kelp and Potatoes (we’re telling the story of one family’s experience of loss and hardship as a result of the potato blight and the collapse of the kelp industry)
Emigration to Canada
The lost village of Hough
The characters of James Turnbull, John Dewar and a fictional character called McKinnon, who is a local guide
You can create any type of writing in response to the stories.
Fiction or non-fiction
Short or long
Whole stories or fragments of story
Poetry
Conversations
Descriptions
Funny or serious
The Archive at Inveraray Castle
Starter lines for writing:
The roar of the sea was silenced and everything turned black around me.
When they said it was a dead body I had one thought…
We had been at sea for three days when we spotted a French war ship headed towards us.
The dog started growling. I stopped the music and listened to the sound moving slowly towards me.
After my sister died, I confronted Dad about staying on Tiree.
That morning, when I woke up, my bed was covered in a thick layer of sand, as usual.
The horse was already dead, so I went to the master and told him what had happened.
I’ve loved living in Hough village, but it’s time to leave.
In the dark Donald went in front of me, gripping the wet rope, and we both climbed hand over hand down to the little boat at the stern of the French frigate.