NM3318 : Tireragan
taken 8 years ago, 4 km W of Ardalanish, Isle of Mull, Argyll And Bute, Scotland
Following in the footsteps of David Balfour, the hero of Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped, as he makes his way back to Edinburgh to confront his wicked uncle.
Stage 1, June 2016 from Erraid to Fishnish on the Isle of Mull.
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Tireragan is a deserted village dating to the 18th and 19th centuries. At its peak there would have been approximately 100 people living here. Nearby is a separate settlement Breac-achadh. on the Ordnance Survey map the village is named as Tir Fhearagain.
The folk of Tireragan would have been subsistence farmers supplementing their income from the burning of kelp and selling the ash for gun powder production. But during the early 19th century other methods of producing gunpowder were developed, the potato blight caused widespread famine and sheep farming proved more profitable for the landowners resulting in the population being evicted. By 1861 there were no one living at Tireragan.
For more details of Tireragan and Breac-achadh see Link and Link