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The united parish of Lismore and Appin, formerly called Kilmaluag, was made up of the island of Lismore and its surrounding smaller islands. During the 13th and 14th century a cathedral was erected on Lismore, the choir of which came to serve as the parish church after the reformation. The remainder of the Cathedral, which once served as the Cathedral of Argyll and the Isles, was left to fall into ruins however the former choir underwent considerable restoration work in 1749. The graveyard of the parish church of Lismore is thought to be the burial place of St Moluag who came here from Ireland in the 6th century. A church was built at Appin in 1749 and in 1868 the parish of Appin was disjoined from Lismore and erected into a separate parish, quoad sacra. The present parish church of Appin was later erected in 1889. Lismore and Appin Kirk Session, the two disjoined charges of which were brought together again in 1980 when a link was established between them, sat within the jurisdiction of the Presbytery of Lorn. |