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Ayrshire

January 18, 2023

For other uses, see Ayrshire (disambiguation).

Ayrshire (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, pronounced [ˈʃirˠəxk iɲiˈɾʲaːɾʲ]) is a historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine and it borders the counties of Renfrewshire and Lanarkshire to the north-east, Dumfriesshire to the south-east, and Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire to the south. Like many other counties of Scotland it currently has no administrative function, instead being sub-divided into the council areas of East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire. It has a population of approximately 366,800.

Ayrshire
Historic county
CountryScotland
County townAyr
Area
 • Total1,129 sq mi (2,924 km2)
 Ranked 7th of 34
Chapman code
AYR

The electoral and valuation area named Ayrshire covers the three council areas of East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire, therefore covering the whole historic county of Ayrshire but also including the Isle of Arran, Great Cumbrae and Little Cumbrae from the historic county of Buteshire. The three council areas together also form the Ayrshire and Arran lieutenancy area.

The largest settlement in Ayrshire by population is Kilmarnock, closely followed by Ayr, the county town.

Geography

Ayrshire is roughly crescent-shaped and is a predominantly flat county with areas of low hills; it forms part of the Southern Uplands geographic region of Scotland. The north of the county contains the main towns and bulk of the population. East of Largs can be found the Renfrewshire Heights, which continue south to the hill-country around Blae Loch.

Southern Ayrshire shares with the Galloway counties some rugged hill country known as the Galloway Hills. These hills lie to the west of the A713 (Ayr to Castle Douglas road) and they run south from the Loch Doon area almost to the Solway Firth. To the east of this route through the hills lie the Carsphairn and Scaur Hills which lie to the south east of Dalmellington and south of New Cumnock. Glen Afton runs deep into these hills.

Ayrshire is one of the most agriculturally fertile regions of Scotland. Potatoes are grown in fields near the coast, using seaweed-based fertiliser, and in addition the region produces pork products, other root vegetables, and cattle (see below);[1] and summer berries such as strawberries are grown abundantly.

A number of small islands in the Firth of Clyde are part of Ayrshire, the chief of these being Horse Isle, Lady Isle and Ailsa Craig.

Rivers

The main rivers flowing to the Clyde coast are, from north to south, the following:

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    Horse Isle

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    Part of Ayr Beach with the Heads of Ayr in the background

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    Boyd's Hill near Dunlop

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    The Garnock's Waters near Glengarnock Castle

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    Mochrum Hill near Kirkoswald

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    Lendalfoot coast, with Ailsa Craig in the distance

History

The area that today forms Ayrshire was part of the area south of the Antonine Wall which was briefly occupied by the Romans during the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius (see: Roman Britain#Occupation and retreat from southern Scotland). It was inhabited by the Damnonii, who are presumed to have been Britons. Later, it formed part of the British Kingdom of Strathclyde, which was incorporated into the Kingdom of Scotland during the 11th century. In 1263, the Scots successfully drove off the Norwegian leidang-army in a skirmish known as the Battle of Largs.

 
The remains of Turnberry Castle

A notable historic building in Ayrshire is Turnberry Castle, which dates from the 13th century or earlier, and which may have been the birthplace of Robert the Bruce.

The historic shire or sheriffdom of Ayr was divided into three districts or bailieries which later made up the county of Ayrshire. The three districts were:

  • Carrick in the south. It was situated between the Doon and the wild district of Galloway in the adjoining Stewartries, an area that was little else than a vast tract of hills and mosses.[2]
  • Kyle in the centre, which included the royal burgh of Ayr, occupied the central district between the River Irvine in the north, and the River Doon in the south and south-west, an area that is quite hilly inland. It was subdivided into "Kyle Stewart",[3] (sometimes called "Stewart Kyle"[2] or "Walter's Kyle"[4]) and "King's Kyle," the former embracing the country between the Irvine and the River Ayr; and the latter, the triangular portion between the Ayr and the Doon, which is honoured as the birthplace and youthful home of Robert Burns.[2]
  • Cunninghame in the north which included the royal burgh of Irvine was that part of the county which lay north of the Irvine water, and was in an area that is generally level and fertile.[2]

The area used to be heavily industrialised, with steel making, coal mining and in Kilmarnock numerous examples of production-line manufacturing, most famously Johnnie Walker whisky. In more recent history, Digital Equipment had a large manufacturing plant near Ayr from about 1976 until the company was taken over by Compaq in 1998. Some supplier companies grew up to service this site and the more distant IBM plant at Greenock in Renfrewshire. Scotland's aviation industry has long been based in and around Prestwick and its international airport, and although aircraft manufacture ceased at the former British Aerospace plant in 1998, a significant number of aviation companies are still based on the Prestwick site. However, unemployment in the region (excluding the more rural South Ayrshire) is above the national average.

Throughout the 17th century, huge numbers of people from Ayrshire moved to Ulster, the northern province in Ireland, as part of the Plantation of Ulster, many of them with surnames such as Burns, Hamilton, Morrow, Stewart, Flanagan, Kennedy and Cunningham. Today, the Ulster Scots dialect is largely an offshoot of the version of Lowland Scots spoken in Ayrshire. The Ulster Scots dialect is still widely spoken throughout County Antrim and in parts of County Down and County Londonderry, as well as still being widely spoken in West Tír Eoghain and parts of County Donegal (chiefly East Donegal and Inishowen).

Local government

 
The administrative subdivisions covering Ayrshire. Arran is administered as part of the North Ayrshire council area, but is historically part of Buteshire.
 
County Buildings, the former headquarters of Ayrshire County Council
See also: Local government of Scotland

Commissioners of Supply were created in 1667 for each shire, and formed the main administrative body for the area until county councils were created in 1890 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889. The 1889 act also led to a review of boundaries of many of Scotland's counties; in the case of Ayrshire the two parishes of Beith and Dunlop, which had both straddled Ayrshire and Renfrewshire, were brought entirely within Ayrshire.[5] The burghs of Ayr and Kilmarnock were both excluded from the area controlled by the county council when it was created in 1890, being deemed capable of running their own services.[6][7]

In 1930 the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 was implemented. This brought Ayr and Kilmarnock under the control of the county council, and re-designated all burghs as either large burghs or small burghs. Ayr and Kilmarnock were both classed as large burghs, allowing them to retain control of many functions, whilst the county's other burghs were all classed as small burghs, ceding many functions to the county council. The 1929 act also abolished the parish councils. In Ayrshire in excess of 30 parishes were consolidated into ten district councils. The District Councils were Ayr, Cumnock, Dalmellington, Girvan, Irvine, Kilbirnie, Kilmarnock, Maybole, Troon and Saltcoats. Ayrshire County Council was based at County Buildings in Wellington Square in Ayr.[8]

In May 1975 the county council was abolished and its functions were transferred to Strathclyde Regional Council. The county area was divided between four new districts within the two-tier Strathclyde region: Cumnock and Doon Valley, Cunninghame, Kilmarnock and Loudoun and Kyle and Carrick. The Cunninghame district included the Isle of Arran, Great Cumbrae and Little Cumbrae, which had until then been administered as part of the County of Bute.[9] For lieutenancy purposes, the last lord-lieutenant of the county of Ayrshire was made lord-lieutenant for the combined area of the four districts when the reforms came into effect in 1975, with the lieutenancy area being renamed Ayrshire and Arran in 1996.[10][11]

In 1996 the two-tier system of regions and districts was abolished and Ayrshire was divided between the unitary council areas of East Ayrshire (covering the area of the former Kilmarnock & Loudoun District and Cumnock & Doon Valley District), North Ayrshire (covering the area of the former Cunninghame District Council) and South Ayrshire (covering the area of the former Kyle and Carrick District).[12]

The boundaries of the historic county of Ayrshire are still used for some limited official purposes connected with land registration, being a registration county.[13]

Parliamentary constituencies

There was an Ayrshire constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1868, when the constituency was divided into Ayrshire North and Ayrshire South.[14]

During the whole of the 1708 to 1868 period, and until 1950, the burghs of Ayr and Irvine were parliamentary burghs, represented as components of Ayr Burghs. In 1832 Kilmarnock became a parliamentary burgh, to be represented as a component of Kilmarnock Burghs until 1918. Ayr Burghs and Kilmarnock Burghs were districts of burghs, and quite different in character from later Ayr and Kilmarnock constituencies.[citation needed]

From 1918 to 1983 Ayrshire and Buteshire were treated as if a single area for purposes of parliamentary representation, with their combined area being divided into different constituencies at different times. Scottish local government counties were abolished in 1975, in favour of regions and districts, but the next reform of constituency boundaries was not until 1983.[citation needed]

Constituencies covering Ayrshire may be listed by periods as below, but the story is somewhat more complicated than the lists may imply: until 1918, Ayr Burghs and Kilmarnock Burghs included burghs lying outside both Ayrshire and Buteshire; a particular constituency name may represent different boundaries in different periods; in 1974, there were boundary changes without the creation of any new constituency names.[citation needed]

Period Constituencies
1708 to 1832 Ayrshire and Ayr Burghs
1832 to 1868 Ayrshire, Kilmarnock Burghs and Ayr Burghs
1868 to 1918 North Ayrshire, Kilmarnock Burghs, Ayr Burghs and South Ayrshire
1918 to 1950 Bute and Northern Ayrshire, Kilmarnock, Ayr Burghs and South Ayrshire
1950 to 1983 Bute and Northern Ayrshire, Central Ayrshire, Kilmarnock, Ayr and South Ayrshire

Transport

 
Entering Ayrshire on the northbound A77

A number of railway lines connect the towns of northern Ayrshire to each other and also to Glasgow, as well as south to Stranraer and south-east to Dumfries.

Ferries link Ayrshire to the islands of Arran and Great Cumbrae in Buteshire.

Glasgow Prestwick International Airport, serving Glasgow and the west of Scotland more generally, is located 32 miles (51 km) away from Glasgow in Ayrshire; it provides various passenger flights to Spain, Portugal, Italy and Poland.[15] The name Glasgow was added in front of Prestwick as per American military airport naming conventions, as the airport was in the past oft-used as a stopover by US military personnel on their way to and from military bases in Germany. Moreover, it is known in rock history as the only place in Britain visited by Elvis Presley, on his way home from army service in Germany in 1960.[16][17]

Towns and villages in Ayrshire

 
Ayr, county town of Ayrshire
 
Cumnock
 
Darvel
 
Kilmarnock
 
Kilmaurs
 
Largs
 
Patna

Places of interest

People from Ayrshire

See also

References

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External links

 
Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Ayrshire".
 
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Ayrshire.
  • Ayrshire & Arran Tourist Board
  • Place-Names of the Coalfield Communities

Coordinates: 55°30′N 4°30′W / 55.500°N 4.500°W / 55.500; -4.500

January 18, 2023
ayrshire, other, uses, disambiguation, scottish, gaelic, siorrachd, inbhir, Àir, pronounced, ˈʃirˠəxk, iɲiˈɾʲaːɾʲ, historic, county, registration, county, south, west, scotland, located, shores, firth, clyde, principal, towns, include, kilmarnock, irvine, bord. For other uses see Ayrshire disambiguation Ayrshire Scottish Gaelic Siorrachd Inbhir Air pronounced ˈʃirˠexk iɲiˈɾʲaːɾʲ is a historic county and registration county in south west Scotland located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde Its principal towns include Ayr Kilmarnock and Irvine and it borders the counties of Renfrewshire and Lanarkshire to the north east Dumfriesshire to the south east and Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire to the south Like many other counties of Scotland it currently has no administrative function instead being sub divided into the council areas of East Ayrshire North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire It has a population of approximately 366 800 AyrshireHistoric countyCountryScotlandCounty townAyrArea Total1 129 sq mi 2 924 km2 Ranked 7th of 34Chapman codeAYRThe electoral and valuation area named Ayrshire covers the three council areas of East Ayrshire North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire therefore covering the whole historic county of Ayrshire but also including the Isle of Arran Great Cumbrae and Little Cumbrae from the historic county of Buteshire The three council areas together also form the Ayrshire and Arran lieutenancy area The largest settlement in Ayrshire by population is Kilmarnock closely followed by Ayr the county town Contents 1 Geography 1 1 Rivers 2 History 3 Local government 4 Parliamentary constituencies 5 Transport 6 Towns and villages in Ayrshire 7 Places of interest 8 People from Ayrshire 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksGeography EditAyrshire is roughly crescent shaped and is a predominantly flat county with areas of low hills it forms part of the Southern Uplands geographic region of Scotland The north of the county contains the main towns and bulk of the population East of Largs can be found the Renfrewshire Heights which continue south to the hill country around Blae Loch Southern Ayrshire shares with the Galloway counties some rugged hill country known as the Galloway Hills These hills lie to the west of the A713 Ayr to Castle Douglas road and they run south from the Loch Doon area almost to the Solway Firth To the east of this route through the hills lie the Carsphairn and Scaur Hills which lie to the south east of Dalmellington and south of New Cumnock Glen Afton runs deep into these hills Ayrshire is one of the most agriculturally fertile regions of Scotland Potatoes are grown in fields near the coast using seaweed based fertiliser and in addition the region produces pork products other root vegetables and cattle see below 1 and summer berries such as strawberries are grown abundantly A number of small islands in the Firth of Clyde are part of Ayrshire the chief of these being Horse Isle Lady Isle and Ailsa Craig Rivers Edit The main rivers flowing to the Clyde coast are from north to south the following River Garnock River Irvine River Ayr River Doon River Girvan River Stinchar Horse Isle Part of Ayr Beach with the Heads of Ayr in the background Boyd s Hill near Dunlop The Garnock s Waters near Glengarnock Castle Mochrum Hill near Kirkoswald Lendalfoot coast with Ailsa Craig in the distanceHistory EditThe area that today forms Ayrshire was part of the area south of the Antonine Wall which was briefly occupied by the Romans during the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius see Roman Britain Occupation and retreat from southern Scotland It was inhabited by the Damnonii who are presumed to have been Britons Later it formed part of the British Kingdom of Strathclyde which was incorporated into the Kingdom of Scotland during the 11th century In 1263 the Scots successfully drove off the Norwegian leidang army in a skirmish known as the Battle of Largs The remains of Turnberry Castle A notable historic building in Ayrshire is Turnberry Castle which dates from the 13th century or earlier and which may have been the birthplace of Robert the Bruce The historic shire or sheriffdom of Ayr was divided into three districts or bailieries which later made up the county of Ayrshire The three districts were Carrick in the south It was situated between the Doon and the wild district of Galloway in the adjoining Stewartries an area that was little else than a vast tract of hills and mosses 2 Kyle in the centre which included the royal burgh of Ayr occupied the central district between the River Irvine in the north and the River Doon in the south and south west an area that is quite hilly inland It was subdivided into Kyle Stewart 3 sometimes called Stewart Kyle 2 or Walter s Kyle 4 and King s Kyle the former embracing the country between the Irvine and the River Ayr and the latter the triangular portion between the Ayr and the Doon which is honoured as the birthplace and youthful home of Robert Burns 2 Cunninghame in the north which included the royal burgh of Irvine was that part of the county which lay north of the Irvine water and was in an area that is generally level and fertile 2 The area used to be heavily industrialised with steel making coal mining and in Kilmarnock numerous examples of production line manufacturing most famously Johnnie Walker whisky In more recent history Digital Equipment had a large manufacturing plant near Ayr from about 1976 until the company was taken over by Compaq in 1998 Some supplier companies grew up to service this site and the more distant IBM plant at Greenock in Renfrewshire Scotland s aviation industry has long been based in and around Prestwick and its international airport and although aircraft manufacture ceased at the former British Aerospace plant in 1998 a significant number of aviation companies are still based on the Prestwick site However unemployment in the region excluding the more rural South Ayrshire is above the national average Throughout the 17th century huge numbers of people from Ayrshire moved to Ulster the northern province in Ireland as part of the Plantation of Ulster many of them with surnames such as Burns Hamilton Morrow Stewart Flanagan Kennedy and Cunningham Today the Ulster Scots dialect is largely an offshoot of the version of Lowland Scots spoken in Ayrshire The Ulster Scots dialect is still widely spoken throughout County Antrim and in parts of County Down and County Londonderry as well as still being widely spoken in West Tir Eoghain and parts of County Donegal chiefly East Donegal and Inishowen Local government Edit The administrative subdivisions covering Ayrshire Arran is administered as part of the North Ayrshire council area but is historically part of Buteshire County Buildings the former headquarters of Ayrshire County Council See also Local government of Scotland Commissioners of Supply were created in 1667 for each shire and formed the main administrative body for the area until county councils were created in 1890 under the Local Government Scotland Act 1889 The 1889 act also led to a review of boundaries of many of Scotland s counties in the case of Ayrshire the two parishes of Beith and Dunlop which had both straddled Ayrshire and Renfrewshire were brought entirely within Ayrshire 5 The burghs of Ayr and Kilmarnock were both excluded from the area controlled by the county council when it was created in 1890 being deemed capable of running their own services 6 7 In 1930 the Local Government Scotland Act 1929 was implemented This brought Ayr and Kilmarnock under the control of the county council and re designated all burghs as either large burghs or small burghs Ayr and Kilmarnock were both classed as large burghs allowing them to retain control of many functions whilst the county s other burghs were all classed as small burghs ceding many functions to the county council The 1929 act also abolished the parish councils In Ayrshire in excess of 30 parishes were consolidated into ten district councils The District Councils were Ayr Cumnock Dalmellington Girvan Irvine Kilbirnie Kilmarnock Maybole Troon and Saltcoats Ayrshire County Council was based at County Buildings in Wellington Square in Ayr 8 In May 1975 the county council was abolished and its functions were transferred to Strathclyde Regional Council The county area was divided between four new districts within the two tier Strathclyde region Cumnock and Doon Valley Cunninghame Kilmarnock and Loudoun and Kyle and Carrick The Cunninghame district included the Isle of Arran Great Cumbrae and Little Cumbrae which had until then been administered as part of the County of Bute 9 For lieutenancy purposes the last lord lieutenant of the county of Ayrshire was made lord lieutenant for the combined area of the four districts when the reforms came into effect in 1975 with the lieutenancy area being renamed Ayrshire and Arran in 1996 10 11 In 1996 the two tier system of regions and districts was abolished and Ayrshire was divided between the unitary council areas of East Ayrshire covering the area of the former Kilmarnock amp Loudoun District and Cumnock amp Doon Valley District North Ayrshire covering the area of the former Cunninghame District Council and South Ayrshire covering the area of the former Kyle and Carrick District 12 The boundaries of the historic county of Ayrshire are still used for some limited official purposes connected with land registration being a registration county 13 Parliamentary constituencies EditThere was an Ayrshire constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1868 when the constituency was divided into Ayrshire North and Ayrshire South 14 During the whole of the 1708 to 1868 period and until 1950 the burghs of Ayr and Irvine were parliamentary burghs represented as components of Ayr Burghs In 1832 Kilmarnock became a parliamentary burgh to be represented as a component of Kilmarnock Burghs until 1918 Ayr Burghs and Kilmarnock Burghs were districts of burghs and quite different in character from later Ayr and Kilmarnock constituencies citation needed From 1918 to 1983 Ayrshire and Buteshire were treated as if a single area for purposes of parliamentary representation with their combined area being divided into different constituencies at different times Scottish local government counties were abolished in 1975 in favour of regions and districts but the next reform of constituency boundaries was not until 1983 citation needed Constituencies covering Ayrshire may be listed by periods as below but the story is somewhat more complicated than the lists may imply until 1918 Ayr Burghs and Kilmarnock Burghs included burghs lying outside both Ayrshire and Buteshire a particular constituency name may represent different boundaries in different periods in 1974 there were boundary changes without the creation of any new constituency names citation needed Period Constituencies1708 to 1832 Ayrshire and Ayr Burghs1832 to 1868 Ayrshire Kilmarnock Burghs and Ayr Burghs1868 to 1918 North Ayrshire Kilmarnock Burghs Ayr Burghs and South Ayrshire1918 to 1950 Bute and Northern Ayrshire Kilmarnock Ayr Burghs and South Ayrshire1950 to 1983 Bute and Northern Ayrshire Central Ayrshire Kilmarnock Ayr and South AyrshireTransport Edit Entering Ayrshire on the northbound A77 A number of railway lines connect the towns of northern Ayrshire to each other and also to Glasgow as well as south to Stranraer and south east to Dumfries Ferries link Ayrshire to the islands of Arran and Great Cumbrae in Buteshire Glasgow Prestwick International Airport serving Glasgow and the west of Scotland more generally is located 32 miles 51 km away from Glasgow in Ayrshire it provides various passenger flights to Spain Portugal Italy and Poland 15 The name Glasgow was added in front of Prestwick as per American military airport naming conventions as the airport was in the past oft used as a stopover by US military personnel on their way to and from military bases in Germany Moreover it is known in rock history as the only place in Britain visited by Elvis Presley on his way home from army service in Germany in 1960 16 17 Towns and villages in Ayrshire Edit Ayr county town of Ayrshire Cumnock Darvel Kilmarnock Kilmaurs Largs Patna Alloway Ardrossan Annbank Ardeer Auchentiber Auchinleck Ayr Ballantrae Barassie Barkip Barr Barrhill Barrmill Beith Bellsbank Belmont Benslie Bourtreehill Broomlands Burnhouse Catrine Colmonell Coylton Craigie Craigmalloch Cronberry Crosshill Crosshouse Cumnock Cunninghamhead Dailly Dalgarven Dalmellington Dalry Dalrymple Darvel Doonfoot Drakemyre Dreghorn Drongan Drybridge Dundonald Dunlop Dunure Fairlie Fenwick Fergushill Fullarton Galston Gatehead Gateside Giffordland Girdle Toll Girvan Glenbuck Glengarnock Greenhills Hansel Haugh Heathfield Hessilhead hamlet Highfield Hurlford Irvine Joppa Kilbirnie Kilmarnock Kilmaurs Kilwinning Kincaidston Kirkmichael Kirkoswald Knockentiber Largs Lendalfoot Loans Logan Longbar Lugton Lugar Lylestone Mauchline Maidens Maybole Meikle Auchengree Minishant Monkton Moscow Montgreenan Mossblown Muirkirk Netherthird New Cumnock Newmilns Ochiltree Old Dailly Patna Pinmore Pinwherry Polnessan Portencross Prestwick Priestland Rankinston Riccarton Saltcoats Seafield Seamill Skelmorlie Sorn Springside Stair Stevenston Stewarton Straiton Symington Tarbolton Torranyard Trabboch Troon Turnberry Waterside West KilbridePlaces of interest EditAuchenharvie Castle Barony and Castle of Giffen Cleeves Cove Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park Corsehill Culzean Castle Dalgarven Mill Museum of Ayrshire Country Life and Costume Dean Castle Kilmarnock Eglinton Country Park Laigh Milton viaduct Thurgartstone Ayr Seafront Playpark Burns National Heritage Park The Low Green Ayr Turnberry golf course People from Ayrshire EditHew Ainslie 1792 1878 poet 18 Nicola Benedetti 1987 classical violinist born in West Kilbride Sir Thomas Brisbane 1773 1860 Soldier and Colonial Administrator after whom the city of Brisbane is named Born in Largs Kris Boyd 1983 Footballer born in Irvine 19 John Boyd Orr 1880 1971 Nobel Peace Prize winner born in Kilmaurs Kirk Broadfoot 1984 Footballer born in Irvine 20 George Douglas Brown 1869 1902 novelist best known for The House with the Green Shutters born in Ochiltree Robert the Bruce 1274 1329 possibly born in Turnberry Castle Craig Burley 1971 Footballer born in Ayr 21 George Burley 1956 Footballer born in Cumnock 22 Robert Burns 1759 1796 poet born in Alloway Paul Caddis 1988 Footballer born in Irvine 23 Eric Caldow 1934 2019 Footballer born in Cumnock 24 Kenneth Campbell 1917 1941 RAF pilot and posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross born in Ardrossan James McCosh Clark 1833 1898 mayor of Auckland born in Beith Steve Clarke 1963 Football manager and former player born in Saltcoats Paul Clarke 1956 Footballer born in Ardrossan 25 Craig Conway 1985 Footballer born in Irvine 26 Robert Craufurd 1764 1812 British major general Noam Dar 1993 professional wrestler signed to WWE performing on the NXT UK and 205 Live brands Billy Dodds 1969 Footballer born in New Cumnock 27 Kris Doolan 1986 Footballer born in Irvine 28 John Dunlop 1840 1921 inventor of the pneumatic tyre born in Dreghorn Robert Dunsmuir 1825 1889 coal baron and industrial capitalist on Vancouver Island Canada Henry Faulds 1843 1930 doctor missionary and scientist Born in Beith Andrew Fisher 1862 1928 5th Prime Minister of Australia 1908 1909 1910 1913 and 1914 1915 Sir Alexander Fleming 1881 1955 inventor discoverer of penicillin born in Darvel Alan Forrest 1996 Footballer born in Irvine 29 James Forrest 1991 Footballer born in Prestwick 30 John Galt 1779 1839 author Drew Galloway 1985 professional wrestler on WWE s RAW brand as Drew McIntyre Billy Gilmour 2001 Footballer born in Irvine 31 Jamie Hamill 1986 Footballer born in Irvine 32 Colin Hay 1953 singer and former lead singer of Australian band Men At Work born in Saltcoats Garry Hay 1977 Footballer born in Irvine 33 Jack Hendry 1995 Footballer grew up in Annbank 34 Gary Holt 1973 Football manager and former player born in Irvine 35 Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston 1947 current Australian Chief of Defence Force George Houston 1869 1947 landscape painter of Scottish locales 36 born in Dalry Tom Hunter 1961 entrepreneur and philanthropist Bobby Lennox MBE 1943 Footballer born in Saltcoats Lou Macari 1949 Footballer grew up in Largs 37 The MacDonald Brothers recording artists and contestants on The X Factor Sir James MacMillan 1959 classical composer and conductor John McAdam 1756 1836 engineer and inventor of macadam James McCosh 1811 1894 philosopher of the Scottish School of Common Sense and president of what would become Princeton University 18 Robby McCrorie 1998 Footballer born in Dailly 38 Ross McCrorie 1998 Footballer born in Dailly 39 Jai McDowall 1986 winner of Britain s Got Talent in 2011 Hugh McIlvanney MBE 1934 2019 Sports Journalist born in Kilmarnock William McIlvanney 1936 2015 Writer born in Kilmarnock Alan McInally 1963 Footballer born in Ayr 40 Rory McKenzie 1993 Footballer born in Irvine 41 Sir Thomas McKillop 1943 CEO of AstraZeneca born in Dreghorn James Henry McLean 1806 1886 physician and United States Congressman from Missouri 18 Gordon McQueen 1952 Footballer born in Kilbirnie 42 Colin Mochrie 1957 improvisational comedian and actor best known for being in Whose Line Is It Anyway born in Kilmarnock William Murdoch 1754 1839 inventor of gas lighting and engineer Steven Naismith 1986 Footballer born in Irvine 43 Simon Neil 1979 James Johnston 1980 and Ben Johnston 1980 of Biffy Clyro Jamie Ness 1991 Footballer born in Irvine 44 Steve Nicol 1961 Footballer born in Irvine 45 Alexander Peden 1626 1686 leading figure in the Covenanter movement Craig Samson 1984 Footballer born in Irvine 46 Bill Shankly 1913 1981 football manager born in Glenbuck Bob Shankly 1910 1982 Football Manager born in Glenbuck Robert Simson 1687 1768 mathematician and professor of mathematics for 50 years Ryan Stevenson 1984 Football manager and former player born in Irvine 47 Ross Stewart 1996 Footballer born in Irvine 48 Gordon Smith 1954 Footballer born in Kilwinning 49 Nicola Sturgeon 1970 current First Minister of Scotland born in Irvine Sam Torrance 1953 professional golfer born in Largs Kimberly Benson 1991 professional wrestler best known as Piper Niven and for her work in WWE and ICWSee also EditPotato Labour Scandal 1971References Edit Farms in Ayrshire numbers types and income FOI release www gov scot Scottish Government Retrieved 26 October 2022 a b c d Douglas William Scott 1874 In Ayrshire a descriptive picture of the County of Ayr with relative notes on interesting local subjects chiefly derived during a recent personal tour Kilmarnock M Kie amp Drennan p 2 Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Ayrshire Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 3 11th ed Cambridge University Press pp 74 76 Murray David 1924 Early burgh organization in Scotland as illustrated in the history of Glasgow and of some neighbouring burghs Vol 2 Maclehose Jackson amp Co Shennan Hay 1892 Boundaries of counties and parishes in Scotland as settled by the Boundary Commissioners under the Local Government Scotland Act 1889 Edinburgh W Green p 296 Retrieved 30 December 2022 Local Government Scotland Act 1889 sections 8 and 105 Notes on local and current topics Irvine Herald 24 January 1890 p 4 Retrieved 30 December 2022 Historic Environment Scotland Wellington Square County Buildings including gates LB47250 Retrieved 18 July 2021 Local Government Scotland Act 1973 legislation gov uk The National Archives 1973 c 65 retrieved 24 December 2022 The Lord Lieutenants Order 1975 legislation gov uk The National Archives SI 1975 428 retrieved 30 December 2022 The Lord Lieutenants Scotland Order 1996 legislation gov uk The National Archives SI 1996 731 retrieved 30 December 2022 Local Government etc Scotland Act 1994 legislation gov uk The National Archives 1994 c 39 retrieved 30 December 2022 Land Mass Coverage Report PDF Registers of Scotland Archived from the original PDF on 3 March 2016 Retrieved 16 May 2015 CHEFFINS RICHARD H A 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External links Edit Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica article Ayrshire Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Ayrshire South Ayrshire Council Ayrshire amp Arran Tourist Board Place Names of the Coalfield Communities Coordinates 55 30 N 4 30 W 55 500 N 4 500 W 55 500 4 500 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ayrshire amp oldid 1134086042, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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