A Historic Link

When Tara Coia responded to an invitation to speak at H₂O’s Friendship Club, she enthused all the members with her talks on the MacDougalls of Dunollie, bringing what might’ve been dry history of bygone days to life by showing us objects, letters and papers from the daily lives of a local land-owning family.    What she didn’t expect, was to meet someone whose family had a been farm tenants of the MacDougalls for many years, and remembered well the people Tara was talking about.    Annie Roberston – who will be 101 in June – is an active and lively member of the Club, and in acknowledgement of her long association with the family, Annie was presented with a copy of Highland Postbag – a compilation of MacDougall correspondence through 150 years.

Tara with Annie and her presentation book