St. Mungo (fireboat) St. Mungo (fireboat) The St. Mungo was a fireboat operated by Glasgow Fire Services, in Glasgow, Scotland, from 1959 to 1975. When launched, she was described as the most modern fireboat in the United Kingdom. The "St Mungo" replaced an earlier steam powered fireboat. Glasgow was once one of the busiest ports in the United Kingdom, and the "St Mungo" and earlier vessels provided an important service. However, by 1975 when the Strathclyde Fire Brigade was formed through the amalgamation of Glasgow Fire Services with neighbouring fire services, Glasgow's use of the River Clyde had changed, and the vessels declared
Saint Mungo Church. built in the 1836 originally as a Church of Scotland, it has recently been restored for its 180th anniversary. St. Mungo is referenced in the "Father Brown" series of books by G. K. Chesterton, as the titular saint of Father Brown's parish. St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries is the primary hospital of Magical Britain in the "Harry Potter" series of books by J. K. Rowling. Kentigern Gardens is the location of a murder in "The Cuckoo's Calling", a novel published under J. K. Rowling's pseudonym of Robert Galbraith. Saint Mungo Kentigern (; ), known as Mungo,