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Coming Home Again - Lismore 90th Armistice Anniversary performance event

Tuesday, 11th November, 2008 | Arts & Entertainment, Community News, Events | None

[ November 15, 2008; 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ]

November 15, 2008
2:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Created and presented as Lismore’s marking of the 90th anniversary of the Armistice at the end of World War I, Coming Home Again is an innovative outdoor performance event from the Lismore Youth Theatre Company with…

Lismore Youth Theatre moves into walking theatre for Armistice Celebration

Monday, 6th October, 2008 | Arts & Entertainment, Community News, History | None

As part of the Armistice Celebrations the Lismore Youth Theatre will be performing their very first ‘walking theatre’ production at the island’s Heritage Centre. This short play will take the audience on a journey back through time and tells a…

Book Fair on Isle of Lismore

Saturday, 4th October, 2008 | Arts & Entertainment, Community News, Events | None

[ November 24, 2008 to November 29, 2008. ]

November 24, 2008 to November 29, 2008

Argyll’s Isle of Lismore is running a Book Fair at the island’s Museum from 24th - 29th November. There will be a visit from Waterstones on 27th November and the programme includes book sales, story-telling, poetry…

Lismore Amnesty Bash

Wednesday, 1st October, 2008 | Arts & Entertainment, Community News, Events | None

[ November 1, 2008; 12:00 am; ]

November 1, 2008
12:00 am

Argyll’s Isle of Lismore is holding its 2008 Amnesty Bash in the Community Hall on 1st November. The Bash is organised by young local musicians and they are expecting this year’s to be the best ever event.

The…

Isle of Lismore 2009 Homecoming Week

Friday, 19th September, 2008 | Community News, Events | None

[ August 8, 2009 to August 15, 2009. ]

August 8, 2009 to August 15, 2009

As part of the 2009 Year of Homecoming which celebrates emigrants, the places they now link us to and their achievements in their new homelands, Lismore is to run a ‘Homecoming Lismore’ week from 8th -…

Lismore Museum gifted pieces of Tudric Pewter

Friday, 12th September, 2008 | Community News | None

Mr Murdo MacDonald, a retired archivist and collector of art nouveau style Tudric Pewter pieces, has given three items from his collection - by Archie Knox, to the Ionad Naomh Moluag Museum on Lismore. The rest of his collection is…

Testing Argyll’s seaplane service from Oban to Glasgow

Wednesday, 10th September, 2008 | Community News, Tourism, Transport | One

Yesterday we tested the Loch Lomond seaplane service for ourselves, without declaring our identity and at our own expense. It is Scotland’s second favourite tourist attraction so finding out about it was worth doing.

There’s no visible organisation at the Oban…

Lismore secondary pupils may now live at home

Thursday, 28th August, 2008 | Community News, Transport | None

A welcome change to the Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac) ferry schedules between Oban and Lismore means that secondary schoolchildren from the island will be able to travel to and from Oban on a daily basis, rather than having to spend the…

Working together on another For Argyll project training day

Thursday, 26th June, 2008 | News, SCF Project | None

Interviewing training session. This photograph, taken by Rebecca Martin from the Furnace team, shows Yorick Paine (centre) - from the Isle of Lismore, acting as recording engineer for Sheila Quillin (right) - from the Women@Work team, who is interviewing Alan Baird from Furnace.…

CalMac offers expanded ferry schedule from Oban to Achnacroish on Lismore

Sunday, 22nd June, 2008 | Community News, Transport | None

Lismore Community Council’s meetings with ferry operators, Caledonian MacBrayne (Calmac), have borne fruit. The company is now offering a Summer Timetable with four ferries day. They will also provide a fifth ferry - on request - on Saturdays and two…