Depute Provost of Inverness receives Royal National Mòd flag ahead of competition coming to the Highlands in 2020
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The Mòd flag was handed over to Inverness as the competition wound up in Glasgow at the weekend.
Depute Provost Graham Ross received the flag at the massed choir closing event.
The Highland capital and the Inverness Mòd organising committee will now prepare to welcome the event in 2020.
Cllr Ross was presented the Mòd flag by the chairman of Glasgow Mòd 2019, Donald-Iain Brown, the chief executive of An Comunn Gàidhealach, John Morrison and president Allan Campbell.
Highland Council chief executive Donna Manson and Cllr Alister Mackinnon, chairman of the council’s Gaelic strategy implementation group were also in attendance at the handover.
Cllr Ross said: "It was really moving to hear the massed choir close the Glasgow Mòd and an honour and a privilege to receive the Royal National Mòd flag for the city of Inverness.
"It will be six years since the Mòd was last held in Inverness and we are looking forward to its return to the region.
"Highland Council is committed to the development of the Gaelic language and the flagship Royal National Mòd is most welcome to Inverness.
"We wish An Comunn Gàidhealach and the local organising committee every success with the 2020 Mòd."
Highland Council’s Gaelic strategy implementation fund commits £40,000 annually to An Comunn Gàidhealach on the condition that the Mòd comes to the Highlands every three years.
The Inverness Common Good Fund is also supporting the Mòd in Inverness, with £17,500 committed.
