Category: Oban
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Praise be! Art show helps save church
More than 100 people supported an art show at Torosay Church on Mull and organisers hope it will inspire others to now get involved in preserving the place of worship for the future
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Driver banned for 14 months for drink driving
man pleaded guilty to driving in Ellenabeich, with 66 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath on August 17. The legal limit is 22mgc.
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‘She was definitely with us in here today’
It was an emotional Black Isle Gaelic Choir who won the Margrat Duncan Memorial Trophy for the second year running
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Kayaking quartet will “go like the Kleppers” for Armed Forces charity
Two military historians, an actor, and a former Welsh Guard are set to navigate their way from Ardrossan to Oban in aid of SSAFA.
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Homecoming for orphaned otter
Almost exactly to one year after Dobhran was found near a greenhouse in the north of Mull, he has been returned from a sanctuary on Skye and released back into the wild.
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Triumphant finale for Mòd Paisley as flag is passed to Oban for 2024
The Mòd flag was handed from Paisley to Oban, the “home of the Mòd” which will host the 2024 edition of the beloved Gaelic festival, followed by Fort William in 2025
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Oban Gaelic Choir on the cusp of history after third win in a row
Oban Gaelic Choir won the Lovat and Tullibardine Shield for the third year in a row at the Royal National Mòd in Paisley, becoming only the second choir ever to have achieved that feat in 120 years
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Oban High pupil means business
Calum attended Oban Rotary Club’s regular lunchtime meeting and spoke positively and eloquently of his experience.
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Man fined over argument with mother
A fallout with his mother over the sale of a mobility scooter landed a man in Oban Sheriff Court last week. Timothy Gregory, 44, pleaded guilty to behaving in a threatening manner by shouting and swearing at his mother on September 5. The incident took place at the address he shared with the 70-year-old woman…
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George Houston: Argyll’s influence on his art
Inveraray History Society’s new season gets off to a great start.