It was the first place in the county to establish a branch of the Scottish Rural Women’s Institute (SWRI) - now called the Scottish Women’s Institute. The Highland Archive Centre holds a wealth of records relating to Clashmore SWRI. Clashmore SWRI was founded in 1923 by Louise Whitfield Carnegie, the wife of Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. The institute was initially part of the Ross and Cromarty Federation before the Sutherland Federation was formed in 1928. Clashmore SWRI originally held its meetings in Carnegie Hall, Clashmore, with a temporary transfer to Skibo School in the late 1940s.

Source: The Times February 19, 2024 04:30 UTC