Objects of the Month
Each month we look at an object or artefact and describe its significance to Lismore.
Duncan MacCormick’s watch chain
LISDD:2010.156 Gold watch chain of twisted oval links, connected to an oval commemorative medal inscribed on one side with...
Victorian Bibles
It was not until 1801 that a full translation of the bible into Gaelic, by the Rev John Stuart of Luss, was published but,...
Rationing in the 1940s
(LISDD:2012.Q) With the loss of 563 merchant vessels by U-boat attack in 1940, the British Government introduced food and...
Items from Tirfuir Broch
As part of the Lismore Landscape Project, Dr Ewan Campbell and colleagues from the Department of Archaeology, University of...
Smoothing irons
The museum has a collection of four smoothing irons, which demonstrate different approaches to ironing clothes and bed...
Christmas and New Year on Lismore
Before the Reformation, celebration of the birth of Christ was an important part of the religious year in the Highlands and...
Mary C Macgregor’s diary for 1868
LISDD:2007.A1 A small (132mm x 93mm) leather-bound Pocket book and diary for 1868, published by Caldwell brothers...
A century and more of Lismore Stores
Neil MacCormick was born in 1857, the fourth son of Alexander and Cathrine MacCormick, tenants of Baligarve. He made his...
A century and more of Lismore Stores
Neil MacCormick was born in 1857, the fourth son of Alexander and Cathrine MacCormick, tenants of Baligarve. He made his...
Lismore Agricultural Society Minute Book 1853–1867
LISDD:2007.C The Lismore Agricultural Society was founded in 1853, under the rules and regulations of the Highland and...