Old photograph of a thatched crofters cottage by Balevullin Bay and beach on the on the North West corner of the Isle of Tiree located South West Of Coll which is West of Isle Of Mull, Scotland. James Galbraith was Head of the Parochial School at Balevullin from 1874. James and his wife Janet with two of their Donald grandchildren, still lived at the croft house at Balevullin around 1890. James and his family were originally from Gigha. The Duke of Argyll displaced the MacLeod family off their croft to Kilmoluaig to make way for them. After James` death the family`s title to the croft at Balevullin was challenged by the Duke, despite one of James` daughters, Sarah, now living in Glasgow, continuing to pay the rent, and her two sisters still living there. One sister, Mary Galbraith, married John MacDonald of Cornaigmore in 1907 and they continued to run the croft. However, after 10 years of pursuit, the Duke took the matter to Court and the croft was given up around 1913.
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