Lismore island in Loch Linnhe held the cathedral church of the see of Argyll and was one of the most significant ecclesiastical sites in the western Highlands. Norse raids on Lismore struck at the heart of the Argyll church and forced the abandonment of the cathedral community. The attack on Lismore was part of the pattern of Norse assault on all significant Gaelic religious centres in the Hebrides and western mainland.
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