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,...
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...
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...
Work in Progress (May 2017) Part 1. Achuaran: A Leading Township in the Improvement Era The 1839/40 printed details of the Airds estate provide rare insights into how the township of Achuaran was rented out. At 276 acres (total rent £245), it was one of the bigger...
Work in Progress (May 2017) We know a good deal about the history of the middle part of Lismore, even some details about how ordinary people lived in the 17th century, because of the many documents held in the Glenorchy/Breadalbane archive in the National Archives in...
Part One: Burning with Coal As part of the Nave Archaeological Dig in August 2016, Mark Thacker supervised some experimental lime burning near the lime kilns at Park near Port Ramsay. The popular way of small-scale lime burning with coal involves building a kiln with...
Tools from the Smiddy and metal objects made by the blacksmiths are on display in the museum. The November 2013 Object featured the Book of Gaelic Sermons owned by the MacPhersons. Dugald MacPherson came from Oban to be blacksmith at Clachan in 1870 and he was...
The image above shows the Manse and Church on a postcard dated 1904. Scottish Presbyterians developed schism to a fine art in the 18th and 19th centuries, with groups falling out and rejoining over different points of doctrine but principally about the right of the...
For people in Lismore and the West Highlands, place names have always been an important part of individual and community identity. This booklet documents names which are not widely documented on existing maps though most have been recognised from one generation to the...