A memorial plaque to the author Neil Munro has been unveiled by his granddaughter Finella Wilson in Inveraray.
The writer, who created the fictional Clyde puffer the Vital Spark and her captain Para Handy, was born in the town in 1863.
The plaque has been installed on the wall of the George Hotel, at the entrance to the public bar.
“There are, of course, other memorials of Neil Munro but former the Neil Munro Society thought it would be appropriate to have a memorial in a more central location in the heart of the town,” said Finella as she unveiled the plaque. “And here, we are surrounded by places with which Munro is associated.”
She was cheered by a crowd which had gathered to watch the ceremony.
The writer was born in 1863 in a house in the building called Crombie’s Land and as a boy he had lived in dwellings in the tenement called Arkland.
Around the corner from the George Hotel is the jail where his stepfather, Malcolm Thompson, had been governor.
Next door to the hotel is the house where the Munro family spent many holidays and on the other side of the church was the parish school which he attended.
The plaque was made by stone carver Gillian Forbes.
At the top of the plaque there is a Clyde puffer as a memento of Para Handy and at the bottom there is a trout as an illustration of Munro’s love of fishing.
He was a Gaelic native speaker and a Gaelic phrase on the plaque translated is: “An accomplished famous story teller.”