Jessie MacLachlan's life and work will be celebrated in a exhibition at the Royal National Mòd.
A Gaelic singer who became a "global superstar" more than 100 years ago is to be remembered at next month's Royal National Mòd.
The performance led to her singing to Queen Victoria at Balmoral and she toured Canada, US, New Zealand and Australia. She was 49 when she died after taking ill during a journey home from France through Spain at the outbreak of World War One.In 2020 her grave was restored and, from 5-20 October at Oban's CalMac ferry pier, the new exhibition will feature as part of the Mòd.
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