Objects of the Month – 2015
Each month we look at an object or artefact and describe its significance to Lismore.
Christmas and New Year on Lismore
Before the Reformation, celebration of the birth of Christ was an important part of the religious year in the Highlands and...
Mary C Macgregor’s diary for 1868
LISDD:2007.A1 A small (132mm x 93mm) leather-bound Pocket book and diary for 1868, published by Caldwell brothers...
A century and more of Lismore Stores
Neil MacCormick was born in 1857, the fourth son of Alexander and Cathrine MacCormick, tenants of Baligarve. He made his...
A century and more of Lismore Stores
Neil MacCormick was born in 1857, the fourth son of Alexander and Cathrine MacCormick, tenants of Baligarve. He made his...
Lismore Agricultural Society Minute Book 1853–1867
LISDD:2007.C The Lismore Agricultural Society was founded in 1853, under the rules and regulations of the Highland and...
The Viking Gold
On long term loan from Argyll & Bute Museums Found near Lochan Treshtil, Kilcheran, Lismore. Awarded by the Treasure...
Fragment of an 8th Century Cross
On long-term loan, for security, from Lismore Parish Church These are fragments of a substantial stone that were...
Annual Show of the Lismore Agricultural Society
Records of the Annual Show of the Lismore Agricultural Society The Lismore Agricultural Society, founded in 1853, held an...
The Baron Court for the Glenorchy Lands on Lismore, 1615-1643
In the early 1600s, the Campbell Lords of Glenorchy, soon to be the Earls of Breadalbane, owned one third of Lismore – the...
Fragment of a 14th/15th Century Graveslab
On long-term loan, for security, from Lismore Parish Church Although this is only a fragment (0.46 x 0.47m) of an Iona...