At this moment, I am looking across wild Loch Fyne at the tiny village of Kenmore. Just three or four houses really but the birthplace of the bard. The houses date back to the 18th century, low thatched roofed cottages which have been altered to give upstairs bedrooms, overlooking a little bay which no doubt contained fishing skiffs during the boom in herring fishing in Loch Fyne. There is little doubt that one of these houses was MacColl's place of birth.

Another great Scottish poet and novelist Neil Munro was born just a couple of miles away in the town of Inverary.