In 1987, to commemorate the Lismore Women's Guild’s centenary, Elizabeth Odling was commissioned to design and make a new pulpit fall for the Lismore church. This, added to the stained glass windows designed by leading Arts and crafts practitioner Mary...
On Saturday 23 September 2025 Karen Livingstone met with members of Kilmoluag Liosmor (Lismore Church Futures Group) and others to discuss the important stained glass windows in Lismore Parish Church. She was introduced by her brother Ron Livingstone who is the...
The Historical Society – Comann Eachdraidh Lios Mòr – was formed in 1994 with the help of Beathag Morrison of Comann na Gàidhlig. It was founded by Donald Black, Margaret MacDonald and Cathy Carmichael who became chairman, secretary and treasurer respectively. They...
The MacDougall/McCallum Heritage Foundation in the USA has been a generous and continuing support to the Comann Eachdraidh Lios Mor for many years. It started with Margaret MacDougall Carasik who first came to Oban from Minnesota for the MacDougall gathering in 2004...
Hay’s account of the early history of the bishopric of Argyll is timely, coming as the Isle of Lismore community decide whether to take over responsibility for the church building which was once the site of the diocesan Cathedral. The book traces the foundation of...
Pre- reformation Scotland has not been a frequent subject of scholarship and Lismore has shared this neglect. Until now. With Monks and Bishops a great chunk of Lismore’s history is brought to light thanks to Dr Robert Hay’s scholarship and his pursuit of the...
Jennifer Baker friend and Chair of the Comman Eachdraidh Lios Mòr wrote: Margaret MacDonald, one of the founder members of Comann Eachdraidh Lios Mòr died on Tuesday 5th January 2021 aged 91. As well as the great memories that we all have of her, she has left a...
This event was funded by the British Arts and Humanities Research Council with the Lismore Gaelic Heritage Centre and explored many aspects of Rev. Donald McNicol (1735-1802), a one-time minister of Lismore. Topics included his extensive Gaelic literary...
This resettlement of Baligrundle and Craignich is undoubtedly one of the most far sighted and amazing things to have happened on Lismore or even in Scotland and its effects are still being felt by those of us who work and/or own the land today. The power...
An exciting addition to the Museum in 2023 season is the newly displayed fragments from the Lismore High Cross. These have been in the museum for some years but this year they are a feature, thanks to Douglas Breingan who has erected a stand and cleverly lit them. In...
Of all the Irish missionaries who crossed the sea in coracles to bring Christianity to these islands, St Moluag is one of the least known and venerated. Yet, it was not always so. If reports are to be believed, he had a busy life travelling extensively from Lismore to...
Follow the trail to meet famous islanders (and others). From a guided tour by Robert Hay Enter the graveyard by the east gate (to the left of the church entrance) and walk towards the minister’s enclosure on the far wall of the graveyard. Station 1 In the enclosure is...