A distinguished son of Lismore In the 18th Century, Lismore seems to have been particularly adept at producing individuals of great talent and productivity whose reputations have faded into obscurity. In 2019, we focussed on Dugald Carmichael, a distinguished...
LISDD documents relating to the building of Lismore Public Hall 1928 The Lismore Museum archive contains a wide range of items that have been, and still are, important to the story of Lismore. Although less appealing visually, they are of great value to the...
‘A Sacred Island: Lismore’s unique medieval Heritage’ is a film by Julia Fayngruen which you can see mounted on one of the ipads in the museum room. The words, spoken by Murray Willis, are by Robert Hay accompanied by fiddle variations on “Leaving Lismore" from...
Some Heritage You May Have Missed During Lockdown. During 2020, Lismore featured twice in the Scottish Heritage magazine Historic Scotland, with articles on the famous botanist Dugald Carmichael (May/June issue) and on the work continuing round the parish church to...
The island is rich in historical sites, from ancient to not so old, but all telling the story of the people who have lived here for thousands of years. This is a place where, to quote Donald Black, “Each ruin, each knoll, carries some tale, some secret tradition...
The lights went on in Lismore on 31 October 1970. A mere fifty years ago. On that Saturday, at 3 Newfield Terrace, the late Donald John and Margaret MacDonald with their children Peggy and Lachlan (and a few dignitaries) stared up and witnessed a lightbulb becoming...
Dugald Carmichael (Naturalist and Explorer 1772-1827) Lismore-born Carmichael was one of the leading British naturalists and explorers in the decades around 1800, collecting in South Africa, Mauritius and Tristan da Cunha, before returning to work on the British...
Mary Cameron MacGregor was the wife of Reverend Gregor MacGregor, the parish minister on the Isle of Lismore for nearly 50 years. Her diary, for a single year (1868), passed from her son to a grandson in the USA, and returned to Lismore by a combination of unlikely...
23-27 May 2019 at Port Ramsay Lime Kilns Each year the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) runs several working parties to gather volunteers, community members, historic building professionals and conservation specialists for a short period of work...
Work in Progress (May 2017) Part 4. The North End Ferry In the aftermath of the ’45, Duart Castle on Mull served as a garrison for government soldiers and as a naval base. The Commissioners of Supply for Argyllshire were responsible for public roads and ferries and,...
Work in Progress (May 2017) Part 3 Fennachrochan, including Alastra and Park Land and People Although there are areas of land in the township suitable for arable cropping, including the heavy soils of the Laggan crofts, and the higher fields that were...
Work in Progress (May 2017) Part 2. Port Ramsay: Cradle of Master Mariners In the second half of the 18th century, the township of Fennachrochan stretched across the north end of the island, from Alastra across Laggan and the Big Park nearly to Point (see Part 1). The...