birthplace to the "Father of Chemistry",
Robert Boyle
(of Boyle's
Law
). A medieval manuscript, the Book of Lismore
(now in England – the owner of the castle is an Englishman)
and the Lismore Crozier (now in the National Museum of Ireland) were discovered
there in the 19th century. Lismore won the Irish
Tidy Towns Competition
in 2004. Another notable
building is the cathedral
, dedicated to St Carthage.
