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...
The Moderator of the Church of Scotland has visited Lismore just once – in 2005. The building we now know as Lismore Parish Church was once the Cathedral Church of St Moluag. It was built by the MacDougalls sometime in the 13th century, although evidence of exact...
The story of a Lismore Crofter and Entrepreneur The 19th Century was a hard time for most of the ordinary folk of Lismore, with evictions, emigration, crop failures, famine and widespread poverty. A few individuals did prosper, notably John McIntyre, but his wider...
A new walk from Walk Lismore celebrates St Moluag who arrived on Lismore from Ireland, in 562 AD as one of the proselytising workers of the early Christian church. It is said he travelled with his twelve apostles and set up a monastic community known as a muinntireas....
The south end of the Isle of Lismore lies at a major branching of the seaway going north: the Sound of Mull on the way to the Western Isles; the main branch of Loch Linnhe (the Lynn of Morvern), leading to Fort William and the Caledonian Canal; and the more...
Lismore Public Hall is the most important hub of the island and, before the Heritage Centre, the only place, along with the church, where islanders met as a community. Obviously COVID-19 locked it down, but before that it was the home of ceilidhs, country dancing,...