Publications

‘Dinna Forget – Memoirs of the Kirkcudbright District
and Beyond by John McKie RN (1821-1915)’

A fascinating, personal account of life in the Kirkcudbright District in the 19th century has recently been published by Kirkcudbright History Society. The author, John McKie, was born in 1821 and grew up on High Nunton Farm in Twynholm parish, not far from the Dhoon on Kirkcudbright Bay.

Copies of the booklet are available in Gallovidia Books, Kirkcudbright; Kirkcudbright Post Office; and Barry Smart Stationer and Bookseller in Castle Douglas, and can also be ordered direct from the Society by emailing sales@kirkcudbrighthistorysociety.org.uk price£6.00+ postage/packing

‘William Hanna Clark – A Kirkcudbright Artist’ by Christine Wimbush

£15 from Kirkcudbright Galleries

 
Life and Death on Little Ross: The Story of an island, a Lighthouse and its Keepers.  David R Collin

Published – Whittles Publishing (29 Nov 2017)
ISBN-10: 1849953597Available from Stewartry Museum and Thomsons, Newsagents, Kirkcudbright.

Kirkcudbright’s Prince of Denmark and her Voyages in the South Seas
David R. Collin,
Whittles Publishing, Dunbeath, 2013, ISBN 978-184995-088-6
240 pages, 240×170mm, illustrated, softback, £19.99
Available locally from The Stewartry Museum and Broughton House in Kirkcudbright and from Barry Smarts in Castle Douglas.
Available online from the publisher.
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Kirkcudbright Sailing Club Early Years 1956-1974
David R. Collin
Kirkcudbright Sailing Club
Available from the secretary of Kirkcudbright Sailing Club
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Kirkcudbright Shipping 1300-2005
David R. Collin
Kirkcudbright History Society and Stewartry Museum
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We Will Remember Them 1914-1918
Ian Devlin
Kirkcudbright History Society and Stewartry Museum, ISBN 100955163811
softback, £4.95
Available from The Stewartry Museum
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We Will Remember Them 1939-1945
Ian Devlin
Kirkcudbright History Society and Stewartry Museum, ISBN 10955163846
softback, £3.95
Available from The Stewartry Museum
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Albanich – A History of the Galloway Rifle Volunteers
Ian Devlin
G C Books, Wigtown, ISBN 1872350070
£18.00
Available from gcbooks@btinternet.com
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John Budgett – Our Friend the Artist
Ian Devlin
G C Books, Wigtown, ISBN 1872350070
£4.00
Available from gcbooks@btinternet.com
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The Kirkcudbrightshire Companion
Haig Gordon
Galloway Publishing, Kirkcudbright, 2008, ISBN 9780955318337
218 pages, paperback, illustrated, £14.99
Available locally from The Stewartry Museum and Broughton House in Kirkcudbright and from Barry Smarts in Castle Douglas.
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Tales of the Kirkcudbright Artists
Haig Gordon
Galloway Publishing, Kirkcudbright, 2006, ISBN 9780955318313
166 pages, paperback, illustrated, £15.99
Available locally from Solway Books, The Stewartry Museum and Broughton House in Kirkcudbright and from Barry Smarts in Castle Douglas.
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From Red Lion to Ringford
Compiled by Sue Stanworth
£5
Available from The Stewartry Museum and Barry Smarts, Castle Douglas.
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Charles Oppenheimer
Euan Robson
Atelier Books Edinburgh, £35
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