Elevated to the Status of City
August 30, 1946 - 2021 Since elevated to the status of City. The City of Lismore, a noble incorporation in the ancient noblesse of Scotland, has been received from the Court of Lord Lyon, ELM. Register House, Edinburgh.
The coat of arms shows the armorial hearings which have been conferred by Lord Lyon. An inscription attached, states that the Municipality of Lismore, incorporated in the year 1879, was named after, the Isle of Lismore in Loch Linnhe iri the Firth of Lorne, County of Argyll, Scotland.
The coat of arms is in the form of a three compartmental shield. The first shows the ancient galley of Lome, the second an episcopal mitre in the midst of water, indicating the Island of Lismore, the seat of the historic episcopal see, and the third compartment relates to the meaning of the word Lismore, "the great garden."
It shows white roses, in allusion to the activities of the men of Lismore and Appin on behalf of Prince Charles Edward.
In the centre of the shield is a conventional cow's head in gold, symbolical of the industry around Lismore. At the foot of the coat of arms Is the motto of the city of Lismore in Gaelic: "He who does not progress, retrogresses."
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