Objects of the Month – 2017
Each month we look at an object or artefact and describe its significance to Lismore.
Achinduin Castle
Achinduin Castle in the south west of Lismore was built around 1300 by the MacDougalls, who were the dominant family in the...
Gramophones
The object collection includes two gramophones/record players, which played an important part in the social life of the...
Lismore Post
Before the introduction of the universal (prepaid) penny post in 1840, the nearest Post Office, in Appin, received mail...
Clay Pipes
(LISDD:2006.59-61) Until well into the 20th century, it was common to be provided with a clay pipe when buying a packet of...
Flax and linen
With the intention of enhancing the income from his Lismore estate, and generating additional employment, Duncan Campbell...
Cast Iron Hanging Plate Girdles
LISDD:2006.34 & 35 LISDD:2016.35 Griddle with hinged handle, base diameter 300mm LISDD:2016.34 Griddle with hinged...
School log books
Kilandrist Parish School 1866-78 Baligarve Public School 1879-1965 Baligrundle Public School 1911-1960 LISDD:2017.U The...
The Peggy Wreck Bottle
Its rock bound coast and many skerries meant that Lismore was the scene of many wrecks in the days of sail, to the extent...
The Neil Thomson Archive
LISDD:2007.H Neil Thomson was born in 1886 in Kintyre to Neil Thomson, shepherd, and Flora McLeod. After 1911, the family...
Cup-marked stone
Rock art in the form of cup or cup and ring marks has been found across Europe, with particularly fine examples in Spain,...