Our Story

With the setting up of the crofter's commission following the Napier Report, the commission got to work examining all crofters who had...

The MacGillivray family, known as *Na Dròbhairean* (The Drovers), moved from Mull to Iona in the 1860s, settling at Cnoc Oran. Their story, including Duncan MacGillivray’s legendary instinct for a direct path across the island, is a powerful reflection of Highland heritage. Based on Mairi MacArthur’s *Tracks & Paths – Iona’s Namescape*, this blog explores family, tradition, and the lasting imprint of those who “took their own road.”

I wish I’d started looking into my MacGillivray family history many years ago. But, like many people, I was caught in the rush of life....