Mull and the Clearances

The Clearances are well known as one of the darkest periods of Highland history. Over a hundred-year period somewhere in the region of 150,000 people evicted from the land they had worked for generations; many were forced to start new lives overseas. The human cost was enormous, but there were huge consequences for the Highland economy too as the land was put to different uses.

This book details the Clearances as they affected the island of Mull – the Hebridean hub for the emigrant ships whi...