Category: Argyll
Road to Drumleman – The Original! Written and performed by Willie Mitchell
Road to Drumleman – Original! Written and performed by Willie Mitchell. The Road to Drumleman – This is the Original! Written and performed by Willie Mitchell (c1956) Willie composed the words to this song eight years before this recording was made, setting them to a tune he already knew. His song became very popular with […] Read More
My Heart’s In The Highlands
For Valentine’s Day 2016, I know where my heart lies… Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North, The birth-place of Valour, the country of Worth; Wherever I wander, wherever I rove, The hills of the Highlands for ever I love. My heart’s in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart’s in the […] Read More
Flower of Scotland
New range of gifts available at the Machrihanish Online Cafepress Store… These are all featuring an exclusive Machrihanish Online image of a Thistle, taken at The Gauldrons, Machrihanish, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland. Read More
Arrival at the White Hart Hotel, Campbeltown
Arrival at the White Hart Hotel, Campbeltown, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland. Filmed in 1914 – Soldiers from the 7th & 9th Battalion’s Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders bound for camp and arriving at Campbeltown, together with their supplies in horse-drawn carts and wagons. The film ends at the Ugadale Arms Hotel, Machrihanish, panning past what is now […] Read More
Reginald Aubrey Fessenden
‘The Father of Radio Broadcasting.’ “By his genius distant lands converse and men sail unafraid upon the deep” ‘…My parents despaired of me. They saw my future as a church minister or a teacher, but when I closed my eyes and dreamed, I saw an invention that could send voices around the world without using […] Read More
Carradale Harbour Grand Opening 1961
A short clip of the Grand Opening Ceremony at Carradale Harbour – 1961. Like Machrihanish, Carradale is another of Kintyre’s hidden gems with a beautiful sheltered harbour opening out into Kilbrannan Sound and a view towards Arran. For more information on the harbour please visit their website: http://www.carradaleharbour.co.uk/ For more info on Machrihanish, visit www,machrihanish.net Read More
Davaar Island
Davaar Island and ‘The Painting’… The Famous Davaar Island Cave Painting of Jesus on the Cross. Painted in 1887 by local teacher Archibald MacKinnon. The work was carried out completely in secret by the teacher after he had a dream telling him where to paint it. It couldn’t have been easy for Archie as he […] Read More