Township: Kirkapol

Map Reference: Kirkapol D

Name Type: agricultural

Meaning: The croft of Big Malcolm the son of Alexander (Sandy)

Other Forms: Kirkapol Farm

Demonstration Farm

Croit Eachainn Mhic Laomainn

Croit Chaluim Mhòir - LMcL, MAMcD

Croit Chaluim Mhòir Shandaidh - DMcI

Related Places:

Information:The first person evacuated by air ambulance from Tiree was Malcolm MacLean - Calum Mòr Shandaidh - who had had a haemorrhage. The plane landed by An Sgeir Dhubh on Gott beach in 1934 while Dr Stewart was here - DMcI.

‘The third concert and dance in aid of the Fund was held in the Schoolhouse, Scarinish, on Christmas Eve. Mr Malcolm MacLean, West of Scotland Agricultural College Experimental Farm, Kirkapol. He [hoped] that the Memorial would take the form, not merely of a granite or marble erection, but of a building which would combine utility with elegance … he hoped that the Memorial would take the form of a commodious Resting Room at the [Gott Bay] pier [which opened in 1915].’ (Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser, 14 February 1920, p. 6)
Malcolm MacLean. Now Anne Langley's croft - LMcL.

Local Form:

Languages : Gaelic

Informants: Lachlan MacLean (Lachainn Sheumais), Vaul, 1/1994

Informant 2: Donald MacIntyre, Gott, 11/1995

Informant 3: Mary Ann MacDonald, Heanish, 5/1994