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Memories of Dunoon & Cowal is a new edition of Renée Forsyth’s popular and acclaimed account of all aspects of Dunoon and the Cowal Peninsula.

From the ancient and bloody conflict between the Campbells and the Lamonts to the rise of Dunoon as a ‘doon the watter’ visitor destination in the 19th century. From the influence of visitors on villages like Kirn, Innellan and Kilmun to the arrival of the US Navy in the Holy Loch in the 1960s. And local institutions like the world famous Cowal Highland Gathering. No memory is left unexplored.

Characters from ‘Highland Mary’ Campbell, the love of Robert Burns, to marine engineer David Napier of Kilmun, from music hall supremo Harry Lauder to author Neil Munro, as well as some worthies of more recent memory – all are covered in their connections with Cowal.

Thoroughly researched and crammed with treasured detail, this new edition contains many original photos

Renée Forsyth was born in Berlin. After her family left Germany in 1935 she was educated in England and Switzerland. She had a successful career in advertising and publishing before moving to Cowal over 40 years ago.