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St. Moluag Arrives in Lismore...
1468
Battle of Stalc, Portnacroish... 
1547
Appin men fight at the Battle of Pinkie 
1631
An extra storey is built on Castle Stalker. 
1641
Annat Church is built. 
1645
Marquis of Montrose and his Royalist Highland army camp in Appin. 
1692
The Glencoe Massacre 
1738
Airds House is built 
1746
The Battle of Culloden 
1752
Colin Campbell of Glenure is murdered. 
1752
On 8th November James Stewart (James of the Glen) is hung, at Ballachulish. 
1754
The skeletal remains of James Stewart finally fall from the gibbet. 
1765
Appin Estate is sold by Dugald Stewart to Seton of Touch 
1775
The Jupiter of Larne sails out of Portnacroich bound for North Carolina. 
1790
The first post office in Appin 
1790
The population of Lismore and Appin 2405. New roadways were built (read more). 
1803
Dorothy Wordsworth visits Appin 
1809
Portnacroish Church is built 
1814
Sir Walter Scott visits Appin. 
1840
Mail is delivered every day 
1840
The roof falls in on Castle Stalker 
1889
Annat Church is no longer used and the roof is removed. Work starts on the new Parish Church. 
1899
Robert MacFie of Airds dies 
1903
The Ballachulish Railway Branch opens. 
1904
Sager Bhuidhe Lighthouse was built. 
1906
The Culloden memorial is erected at Annat Church. 
1914
Appins first casualty during The Great War. 
1926
Rev Duncan Ross dies at Dalnashian, Port Appin. 
1926
Lorn View Cottage, at Druimnamon, was set on fire. Known today as the Burnt House (at the roadside, near Achnacone) 
1936
Appin Police Station is built. 
1942
Appin's only casualty during World War 2 
1945
Lt-Colonel A. K. Stewart of Achnacone dies. 
1948
Rev. Kenneth MacMillan becomes minister of Appin Parish Church. 
1948
Port Appin Hall opens. 
1952
Appin Station Hotel caught fire. 
1952
The Jubilee Bridge is rebuilt, over the tidal waters of Loch Laich. 
1957
Electricity is brought to Appin. 
1962
Blacks Garage and joiners workshop, at Tynribbie, closes. 
1966
The Ballachulish Branch closes. 
1975
The old Appin school closes, with Port Appin School and Fasnacloich school. The new Strath od Appin Primary School opens 
1983
Christine King, the headmistress of Strath of Appin School, retires. 
1992
The new Appin Village Hall is built. 
1999
The new bridge over Loch Creran is open to traffic. 
2005
Appin Community Fire Station is opened. 
List of Persons in Appin who did not deliver their Arms.
Island Stalker 6th July 1746. Glenstockdale John MacArthur Son to Alexander McArthur, the Lady’s Bowan & now Invernahyle’s servant. LetterShuna…
Those Who Fell, WW1 1914-1918
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Those Who Fell, WW2 1939-1945
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