Where is St Moluag's Cathedral, Lismore?

St Moluag's Cathedral, Lismore is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode PA34 5UL).

How do I get to St Moluag's Cathedral, Lismore?

Drivers can use postcode PA34 5UL.

Is St Moluag's Cathedral, Lismore a listed building?

St Moluag's Cathedral, Lismore is officially recognised as scheduled monument listed.

How do I get to St Moluag's Cathedral, Lismore?

Drivers can navigate to postcode PA34 5UL. It sits within the Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber parliamentary constituency.

Cathedrals · Central Scotland

St Moluag's Cathedral, Lismore

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St Moluag's Cathedral, Lismore — cathedral in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK.

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Typical visit: 1 h–2 h
Best time of year: Year-round

Family-friendly
Limited wheelchair access

St Moluag's Cathedral, Lismore is a cathedral in the United Kingdom — the principal church of a diocese. Records date its origin to 1300. Heritage designation: scheduled monument. Wikidata describes it as: "cathedral in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK". Coordinates: 56.5344°, -5.4806°.

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St Moluag's Cathedral is a church located on the Scottish island of Lismore just off the coast of Oban. Despite its name it is no longer a cathedral as it is a church of the Church of Scotland. The present-day parish church of 1749 stands on the site of the choir of the abandoned 13th-century cathedral, incorporating much of its material, but wrapped in 18th-century design.

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Background

History

Saint Moluag (Old Irish Mo-Luóc) (d. 592), founded a monastery on the island. It was a major centre of Christianity in Scotland, and the seat of the later medieval bishopric of Argyll or the Isles. To modern eyes it seems an isolated location for such a centre, but in an era when the fastest and most reliable transport was by water, Lismore was ideally situated. The Diocese of Argyll was Scotland's most impoverished diocese, and the medieval Cathedral was very modest in scale. Robert Hay suggests that building began during the term of Bishop Laurence de Ergadia (1262 - 1299), with the western tower added during the term of Bishop Martin (1342 - 1387). In 1749, the choir was converted to a…

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Coordinates: 56.5344, -5.4806
District: Argyll and Bute
Postcode: PA34 5UL
Parliamentary constituency: Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
Established: 1300

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wikidata: Q1949638 (CC0)
wikipedia: St Moluag's Cathedral, Lismore (CC BY-SA 4.0)
commons: St Moluag's Cathedral 20100929 from the south.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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