3 June 2009: Inveraray, Argyll and Bute

Neil Munro, famous author and journalist, was born on 3 June 1863 in the town of Inveraray on Loch Fyne.  The town and the surrounding countryside of Glen Aray would become a great influence in his writing later in life.

Munro moved to Glasgow at the age of 18 and by the time he turned 23, was chief reporter at the Glasgow Evening News having successfully written for several other Glasgow based newspapers.  He wrote many novels in his lifetime, mainly with historical romantic themes, but he is perhaps best known for his comic tales of Para Handy and the Vital Spark written under the pen name Hugh Foulis.

Munro died 22 December 1930.  A monument stands in his honour at the head of Glen Aray.