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A fortnight into the three-week dig next to the island’s St Moluag’s Church and excavation organisers say the expert team with help of volunteers has already achieved the main aim of the dig and that was to secure bone samples for analysis.
A human tooth has also been found ‘indicating that we are on the right track to uncover Early Church burials’ said one of the dig organisers and island heritage archivist Robert Hay.
Oban photographer Stephen Lawson caught the Queen Elizabeth on camera just as she passed Lismore lighthouse towering above it.
Scottish folk duo Charlie Grey and Joseph Peach breathe new life into Gaelic melodies through improvisation
Lismore entrepreneur Mairi Hawkes didn’t let lockdown stop her launching ‘deliciously tipsy drizzles for grown ups only’, which have now caught the eye of multi-millionaire Theo Paphitis from Dragon’s Den
Lismore has done well to avoid Covid until now but a large increase in visitors particularly made it probably inevitable the virus would eventually reach the island, said Dr Mandie Currie from the Community Council’s Emergency Response Group.
Dig organisers say the enthusiastic response and generosity of donations so far has been overwhelming but please keep it coming
Mini athletes in Oban and the surrounding area have been enjoying being put through their paces by former Lismore couple.
The children have been busy planting, looking after and gathering a variety of fruit and vegetables thanks to all those in the community who donated money and time to the project.
When Lismore’s Hazel MacCormick started her candle business three years ago she never dreamt that one day she would be selling in one of the major department stores in Glasgow
