to find this site again, simply search for irvine ayrshire or irvine scotland
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Irvine, Scotland, created a Royal Burgh in 1372 by Robert II, was a major West of Scotland seaport before the dredging of the Clyde. In the 18th c., it was the largest burgh in Ayrshire (1775: pop. 3000). Today, Irvine hosts part of the Scottish Maritime Museum, the HQ of North Ayrshire Council, Ardagh (Rockware Glass) and NACCO (fork-lift trucks). The town enjoys a vibrant community spirit (with active Burns Club, Trades Guilds which incorporated in 1646, and community council), and a week-long Marymass Festival in August. Robert Burns worked here for about six months in 1781-82. Irvine's burgh status ended in 1975 with local government reorganisation. Today the population of Irvine is 22,000. Apart from Irvine Scotland, there are other towns named Irvine. This site also contains the story of the volunteer-led years of the Harbour Arts Centre (1965-2007), details of the town walking tour, and the 86-year history of the now-demolished St Michael's Academy in Irvine and Kilwinning (1921-2007). Other items are added from time to time. |
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Burns Club - established 1826 - extra web items every month |
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Irvine
Incorporated Trades - medieval trade guilds incorporated in 1646
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Irvine Community Council - monthly minutes |
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photo: Irvine harbour - the Maritime Museum pontoons with the dome of The Big Idea Inventor Centre (now closed) in the background - and a harbour sunset (photos I J Dickson) |
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a few extra history pages: Town and Gown | Places of Burns interest | Old Parish Church windows
for Robert Burns, see Irvine
Burns Club
for Trade Guilds, see Irvine Incorporated Trades
for Marymass and the Carters Society, see Marymass
This site
is sponsored by Vindogara Software
-- Vindogara was a town in the Irvine area in Roman times --
This site hosts two Irvine organisations, one, Irvine Burns Club, celebrating Robert Burns, the other, Irvine Incorporated Trades, celebrating the trades guilds. Many people get a mention - Pittendrigh Macgillivray, sculptor of the Robert Burns statue in Irvine, John Galt, the novelist, David Sillar, friend of Burns, William Motherwell, the Paisley poet and journalist, William Tennant, the distinguished linguist, and A J Balfour (Viscount Traprain), to name but a few out of perhaps three hundred. We add new material regularly, with the result that on each return visit you should always find something new. We also include a good selection of links to sites within and outwith Scotland.
At the northern boundary, the Irvine, which too has a bridge of four arches, divides it from Cunningham.
At the mouth of the River Irvine is positioned the burgh of Irvine with a harbour so enclosed by sandbanks and with so little depth that it can take only smaller ships.
(Blaue Atlas, 1654 - see http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/map/early/blaeu/938.html)
