Kintyre: The Hidden Past

This social history of the 'ordinary' people of the south-western peninsula of Argyll, in western Scotland, has become a classic since its original publication in 1984.
It is reprinted here with a new Introduction by the author, a native of Kintyre who knows its geography intimately.
The greater part of the book is based on original research from a wide range of sources, from nineteenth century registers of the poor to material passed on through the oral tradition.
Angus Martin traces…