Comann Eachdraidh Lios Mòr
Lismore Historical Society

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Events

4th Aug 2010

Exhibition of Lismore Faces with some associated Genealogy - more information or email lismoremuseum@btconnect.com for further details

AGM - 21st March 2009

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of Comann Eachdraidh Lios Mor - 12 noon
Followed by
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of Taic Comann Eachdraidh Lios Mor
in Ionad Naomh Moluag

Year of the Homecoming: starting 25th Jan 2009

This is a national event inviting the descendents of the Scottish Diaspora to return to visit their roots. CELM will be holding a festival of history, literature, poetry, song and drama throughout the week 8th - 15th August 2009.
More details.

Exhibition: till beginning October 2008

Exhibition of Anthony Lutyen's paintings in the library at Ionad Naomh Moluag
  

Anniversary of the Armistice: Sat 8th Nov - Sat 15th Nov 2008

To commemorate the 90th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice there will be a WW1 display of Lismore's war in the museum. The week will open with stories of Liosachs who fought told by Ailsa Templeton who has researched the subject for seven years and who was, for a year, a guide in the graveyards and battlefields of Northern France.
The cafe will serve WW1 food for the afternoon.
The exhibition will close at the end of the week with a drama performed by the High School students who live on the island.

Book Fair: 24th - 29th November 2008

Book Fair with book sales; a visit from Waterstones on Thurs 27th; poetry readings; story telling and a literary afternoon for the primary school.