St Moluag's Cathedral, Lismore (Copyright RCAHMS) Moluag (530-592) was an Irish missionary, educated and trained in Bangor, who ca...

Satires against vermin such as mice and rats were once a fairly common feature of Gaelic tradition. One such satire Aoir nan Radan – which ...

The blog ‘ a’ spaidsearachd agus a’ meòrachadh’ , by ‘Direcleit’, is a constantly expanding treasure-house of information about the people o...

Almost a century ago – on 10th June 1912 – Alexander Carmichael was laid to rest in his native island of Lismore. The following description ...

Previously in the blog we noted a story about the killing of the last auk in St Kilda. This snippet of information was picked up by Alexande...

It may come as something of a surprise that Alexander Carmichael did not write a great deal about either himself or his own family backgroun...

Another famous Carmichael from Lismore was Dugald Carmichael (1772-1827). He was born in Stronacraoibh and educated on the island. At a very...