Not all of our objects can be on display at the same time, but we are happy to provide access to our collections. Our collection catalogues can be viewed by appointment or shared remotely, please email to arrange this. If there is something in particular you would...
Report in English and Gaelic. Thursday 25th of June 2026 marked a new era for Lismore when the community purchased the Cathedral Church of St Moluag from the Church of Scotland. The Oban Times reporter pictured a small but representative group of islanders,...
TURAS-SGOILE GÀIDHLIG GU LIOS MÒR Abair spòrs a bha aig na sgoilearan Gàidhlig air Lios Mòr an-diugh! Ged nach robh an aimsir cho math ’s a bha sinn an dòchas, cha do chuir an t-uisge dragh oirnn. Chuir sinn seachad ùine a’ rannsachadh na tràghad mus do thadhail sinn...
Lismore and the War - curated by Douglas Breingan and Dave Clarke. This special exhibition is in 4 parts. The first part in 2 large cabinets ,highlights the 8th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders which was so ubiquitous in the Oban area it was...
Elizabeth Robson writes: On 21st April, 2026, researchers from the University of Stirling told an interested Taproot audience about the social and scientific research taking place at Loch Balnagown / Baile a’ Ghobhainn. A lot more is happening there than...
Robert Hay and Douglas Breingan write: Every seat was taken in a packed public hall in the afternoon of 9 May 2026 for a celebration of ten years of Community Archaeology on Lismore, led by Dr Clare Ellis of Argyll Archaeology. The day’s programme was planned...
Rosemary Barry writes: The Lismore Dance Band rounded off the Taproot season with their eclectic mixture of tunes. A different member of the group introduced each short set with interesting background information. Mairi Campbell explained how Scottish folk fiddling...
Rosemary Barry writes: Renowned bagpiper, academic and broadcaster, Gary West and photographer Barryjohn Stewart, introduced a large and keen audience to Martyn Bennett, who was born in Newfoundland in 1971 to a folklorist mother and geologist father who moved to...
Rosemary Barry writes: Peggy Nicholson (nee MacDonald) and her brother Lachlan entertained a packed house when she gave her talk on Lismore place names. With maps illustrating her examples she began at Point and journeyed south to the lighthouse combining explanations...
Rosemary Barry writes: To a packed house Katy Crossan and Mairi Campbell provided a well organised and entertaining session alternating between fiddle music and Gaelic singing. Mairi described travelling to Cape Breton Island in Canada and the Scottish culture and...
Rosemary Barry writes: Professor Nigel Leask of Edinburgh University and Doctor Peader O’Muircheartaigh of Glasgow delighted a full house with their report of their research into one of Lismore’s more intriguing characters. The Rev McNicol was well known as a long...
Rosemary Barry writes; Those who braved the cold were treated to an extraordinary session as Tony Currie took us on his journey from buying a record label to engaging his own orchestra and being his own record producer. That buying the Pye ‘label’ wasn’t...