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A77 road
The A77 road is a major road in Scotland. It runs in a southwesternly direction from the city of Glasgow, past the towns of Giffnock, Newton Mearns, Kilmarnock, Prestwick, Ayr, Maybole, Girvan and Stranraer to the town of Portpatrick on the Irish Sea. It passes through the council areas of Glasgow City, East Renfrewshire, East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway.
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Ailsa Craig
Ailsa Craig () is an island in the outer Firth of Clyde, Scotland where blue hone granite is quarried to make curling stones. "Ailsa" is pronounced "ale-sa", with the first syllable stressed. The now uninhabited island is formed from the volcanic plug of an extinct volcano.
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Angus
Angus (Aonghas in Gaelic) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders onto Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and Dundee City. Main industries include agriculture and fishing.
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Annbank
Annbank is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is around 5 miles east of Ayr. Originally a mining settlement, it once had a rail link to Ayr.
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Auchentiber
The hamlet of Auchentiber is in North Ayrshire, Parish of Kilwinning, Scotland. Auchentiber is NE of Kilwinning on the Lochlibo Road, from the hamlet of Burnhouse and from the village of Barrmill. Grid Ref. NS3647. Some new housing has been built, but the settlement is still very much a hamlet. The settlement is on the Lugton Water, which runs into the River Garnock after running through Montgreenan and Eglinton Country Park in Irvine.
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Auchinleck
:For the World War II Field Marshal see Sir Claude Auchinleck.
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Ayrshire
Ayrshire (; , ) is a registration county, and former administrative county in south-west Scotland, United Kingdom, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine. The town of Troon on the coast has hosted the British Open Golf Championship twice in the last seven years and eight times in total. Approximately 200,000 visitors came to Troon during the 2004 Open. It was the members of Prestwick Golf Club who first created the British Open Championship in 1860 with the club hosting the event twenty-four times up until 1925.
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Banffshire
The County of Banff is a registration county for property, and Banffshire () (, ) is a Lieutenancy area of Scotland.
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Barr, Ayrshire
Barr is a picturesque village in the South West of Ayrshire, Scotland, located approximately from the town of Girvan. It is believed to have been established in the 17th century and has not grown much since that time. Currently Barr Village has a population of approximately 110, while the total for the Parish of Barr is in the region of 260.
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Beith
Beith is a small town situated in the Garnock Valley in North Ayrshire, Scotland approximately 20-miles south-west of Glasgow. The town is situated on the crest of a hill known originally as the "''Hill o' Beith''" or hill of the Birches, and commands a fine and extensive view of the countryside around, including the Kilbirnie hills.
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Bellsbank
Bellsbank is a village half a mile away from the market town of Dalmellington in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It is the 2nd highest place in the Doon Valleyonly Muirkirk is higher than this.
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Berwickshire
Berwickshire or the County of Berwick is a registration county, a committee area of the Scottish Borders Council, and a lieutenancy area of Scotland, on the border with England. The town after which it is named—Berwick-upon-Tweed—was lost by Scotland to England in 1482. The county was on occasion referred to as Duns-shire or Dunsshire during the Victorian period and after, reflecting the fact that Duns had become the county town.
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Catrine
:Or see Catherina (and similar spellings).
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Clackmannanshire
Clackmannanshire, often abbreviated to Clacks ( and from the meaning 'Stone of Manau') is a local government council area in Scotland, and a lieutenancy area, bordering Perth and Kinross, Stirling and Fife.
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County of Bute
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County of Moray
Moray (pronounced "Murray" and spelled Moireibh in Gaelic) is one of the registration counties of Scotland, bordering Nairnshire to the west, Inverness-shire to the south, and Banffshire to the east. It was formerly in use as a local government county until 1975, when Elgin was the county town.
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Coylton
Coylton is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is located east of Ayr, and west of Drongan, on the A70. Sundrum Castle Holiday Park is located to the west of the village, in the grounds of Sundrum Castle, which partly dates to the 13th century. A secret passage from the Castle was discovered during renovations and lead through its grounds to the waterfall, however it was sealed as considered too dangerous. A rocking stone stands on top of the Craigs of Kyle near Coylton. It weighs around 30 tons and rest upon two stones. A large standing stone known as Wallace's Stone stands nearby.
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Crosshill
Crosshill is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde. In earlier maps the area is called Corsehill, which means Gorse hill, so the name is probably a corruption of this earlier name, and does not refer to a cross. There is a great deal of gorse growing on the slopes of nearby Langside College in Battlefield.
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Crossraguel Abbey
The Abbey of Saint Mary of Crossraguel is a ruin of a former abbey near the town of Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland.
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Culzean Castle
Culzean Castle ( {{respell|kul-: see yogh) is a castle near Maybole, Carrick, on the Ayrshire coast of Scotland. It is the former home of the Marquess of Ailsa but is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland. The clifftop castle lies within the Culzean Castle Country Park and is opened to the public.
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Cumnock
Cumnock (Cumnag in Gaelic) is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The town sits at the confluence of the Glaisnock Water and the Lugar Water. There are three neighbouring housing projects which lie just outside the town boundaries, Netherthird, Craigens and Logan, with the former ironworks settlement of Lugar also just outside the town, contributing to a population of around 13,000 in the immediate locale. A new housing development, Knockroon, was granted planning permission on 9 Dec, 2009 by East Ayrshire Council.
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Dailly
Dailly () is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is located on the Water of Girvan, south of Maybole, and east of Old Dailly. "New Dailly", as it was originally known, was laid out in the 1760s as a coal-mining village. In 1849 a fire broke out in Dalquharran Colliery, one of the nearby mines, and continued to burn for 50 years.
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Dalmellington
Dalmellington (Gaelic: Dael Meallain Tuinn) is a market town in Ayrshire, Scotland. In 2001 it had a population of 1407. The town owes its origins to the fault line separating the Southern Uplands of Scotland from the Central Lowlands. Dalmellington sits at the issue of a river from the uplands into Dalmellington Moss plain.
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Darvel
Darvel (Dervel locally) is a small town in East Ayrshire, Scotland, located at the eastern end of the Irvine Valley and is sometimes referred to as "The Lang Toon" due to its quaint appearance on Ordnance Survey maps.
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Drongan
Drongan, a former mining village, is situated on the western edge of Ayrshire, some 8 miles from Ayr and 8 miles from Cumnock and has a population of 3168.
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Drybridge
Drybridge is a village in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Drybridge came by its name through the 'dry bridge' over the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway, opened in 1812. The nearby 'wet bridge' is the Laigh Milton Viaduct, the oldest surviving railway bridge in the world.
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East Lothian
East Lothian (, ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy Area. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Scottish Borders and Midlothian. Its administrative centre is Haddington, although its largest town is Musselburgh.
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Fife
Fife (; ) is a county and council area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire. It was originally one of the Pictish kingdoms, known as Fib, and is still commonly known as the Kingdom of Fife within Scotland.
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Firth of Clyde
The Firth of Clyde forms a large area of coastal water, sheltered from the Atlantic ocean by the Kintyre peninsula which encloses the outer firth in Argyll and Ayrshire, Scotland. The Kilbrannan Sound is a large arm of the Firth of Clyde, separating the Kintyre Peninsula from the Isle of Arran.
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Galloway Hills
The Galloway hills are part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland, and form the northern boundary of western Galloway. They lie within the bounds of Galloway Forest Park, an area of some of largely uninhabited wild land, managed by the Forestry Commission. The unusual place names, reflect a mixture of the Old Norse and Scottish Gaelic languages and hint at the range of influences which have acted on society within the area over the centuries.
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Girvan
Girvan (Scottish Gaelic:Inbhir Gharbhain) is a burgh in Carrick, South Ayrshire, Scotland, with a population of about 8000 people. Originally a fishing port, it is now also a seaside resort with beaches and cliffs. It lies 20 miles south of Ayr, and 30 miles north of Stranraer, one of the principal ferry ports from Scotland to Northern Ireland.
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Glasgow
Glasgow ( (); (pronounced )) is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands. A person from Glasgow is known as a Glaswegian, which is also the name of the local dialect.
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Glenapp Castle
Glenapp Castle, formerly the family seat of the Earl of Inchcape, is now a luxury hotel and restaurant located in Ballantrae, South Ayrshire, Scotland.
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Glengarnock
Glengarnock (Gaelic: Gleann Gairneig) is a small village in North Ayrshire that lies near the west coast of Scotland. It forms part of the Garnock Valley area and is approximately 25 miles away for Glasgow, the nearest city.
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Great Cumbrae
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Greenan Castle
Greenan Castle is a 16th century tower house, on site of a possible ancient fort, around 2.5 miles south west of Ayr in south-west Scotland. The entrance lintel has the inscription, JK 1603 FMD, for John Kennedy of Baltersan and his third wife, Florence MacDowell, who owned the lands, Greenan Mill, and salmon fishing rights on the River Doon at that time.
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Greenock
Greenock () (, ) is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council area, and a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It forms part of a contiguous urban area with Gourock to the west and Port Glasgow to the east.
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Hurlford
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Johnnie Walker
Johnnie Walker is a brand of Scotch Whisky owned by Diageo and produced in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.
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Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock () is a large burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland, with a population of 44,734. It is roughly equidistant between Glasgow and Ayr, and is the second largest town in Ayrshire. The River Irvine runs through its eastern section, and the Kilmarnock Water passes through it, giving rise to the name 'Bank Street'.
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Kilmaurs
Kilmaurs () is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It lies on the Carmel, 21.1 miles south by west of Glasgow. Population recorded in 2001 Census, 2601
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Kilwinning
Kilwinning (Gaelic: Cill Fhinnean) is a historic town situated in North Ayrshire, Scotland.
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Kincardineshire
The County of Kincardine, also known as Kincardineshire or The Mearns (from ''A' Mhaoirne'' meaning 'The Stewartry') was a local government county on the coast of northeast Scotland. It was bounded by Aberdeenshire on the north and west, and by Angus on the south.
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Kinross-shire
Kinross-shire, officially the County of Kinross, was a county of Scotland. Its county town was Kinross. To the north it bordered Perthshire, to the east and south Fife, and to the west Clackmannanshire. Abolished in 1975, it became part of the former Tayside Region. Since 1996 it has been part of Perth and Kinross council area.
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Kirkcudbrightshire
The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright ( , Siorrachd Chille Chuithbheirt in Gaelic) or Kirkcudbrightshire ( ) was formerly a county of south-western Scotland. It was also known as East Galloway, forming the larger Galloway region with Wigtownshire.
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Kirkmichael
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Largs
Largs is a town on the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire, Scotland, about 33 miles (53 km) from Glasgow.
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Little Cumbrae
Little Cumbrae () is an island in the Firth of Clyde, in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The island is known locally as Wee Cumbrae.
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Logan, East Ayrshire
Logan is a village in East Ayrshire, southwest Scotland. It is east of Cumnock, by the Lugar Water.
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Lugar, East Ayrshire
Lugar is a small village in East Ayrshire, southwest Scotland. Lugar is in Auchinleck Parish, Kyle District, Ayrshire. It is ENE of Cumnock, and about from Cronberry and from Gasswater. Lugar is a station on the Mauchline and Muirkirk branch of the Glasgow and South Western Railway. Lugar is about SE of Kilmarnock.
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Lugton
Lugton is a small village or hamlet in East Ayrshire, Scotland with a population of 80 people. The A736 road runs through on its way from Glasgow, to the north, to Irvine in North Ayrshire. Uplawmoor is the first settlement on this 'Lochlibo Road' to the north and Burnhouse is to the south. The settlement lies on the Lugton Water which forms the boundary between East Ayrshire and East Renfrewshire as well as that of the parishes of Dunlop and Beith.
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Mauchline
Mauchline (pronounced IPA: . Mhacha Linn in Gaelic, meaning 'the pool of Macha Rua') is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland. In the 2001 census it had a recorded population of 4105. It lies by the Glasgow and South Western Railway line, 8 miles (13 km) east-southeast of Kilmarnock and 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Ayr. It is situated on a gentle slope about 1 mile (2 km) from the River Ayr, which flows through the south of the parish of Mauchline. In former days Loch Brown was about 1 mile west of the town, but was drained when the railway line from Kilmarnock was built.
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Maybole
Maybole (, ) is a burgh of barony and police burgh of South Ayrshire, Scotland. Pop. (2001) 4,552. It is situated south of Ayr and southwest of Glasgow by the Glasgow and South Western Railway.
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Midlothian
Midlothian (, , ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area. It borders the Scottish Borders, East Lothian and the City of Edinburgh council areas.
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Muirkirk
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Nairn (boundaries)
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New Cumnock
New Cumnock (Scottish Gaelic: Cumnag Nuadh) is a place in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It expanded during the coal mining era but, like so many others, suffered after the deep shaft pits closed in the 1980's. The town is south east of Cumnock, and east of Ayr.
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Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish and Norwegian: Nobels fredspris) is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.
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North Ayrshire
North Ayrshire (, ) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It is headquartered at Cunninghame House in Irvine.
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Norway
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Ochiltree
Ochiltree, spelt Uchletree in the Middle Ages, is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland near Auchinleck and Cumnock. It is one of the oldest villages in East Ayrshire with archaeological remains indicating Stone Age and Bronze Age settlers.
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Old Dailly
Old Dailly is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland.
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Orkney
Orkney () also known as the Orkney Islands (and sometimes incorrectly as "The Orkneys"), is an archipelago in northern Scotland, situated north of the coast of Caithness. Orkney comprises approximately 70 islands of which 20 are inhabited.
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Patna, East Ayrshire
Patna, population 2298, is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland.
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Peeblesshire
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Penkill Castle
Penkill Castle is a 16th century castle with 19th century additions. It is situated around half a mile south of the village of Old Dailly, to the north-east of Girvan in South Ayrshire, Scotland.
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Perthshire
Perthshire, officially the County of Perth (, ), is a registration county in central Scotland. It extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, Rannoch Moor and Ben Lui in the west, and Aberfoyle in the south. It was a local government county from 1890 to 1930.
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Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution.
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River Ayr
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River Doon
The River Doon (, ) is a river in South Ayrshire, Scotland. The river flows 23 miles from Loch Doon, joining the Firth of Clyde just south of Ayr. Its course is generally north-westerly, passing near to the town of Dalmellington, and through the villages of Patna, Dalrymple, and Alloway, birthplace of Robert Burns. The source of the Doon is Loch Enoch, high in the Galloway Hills.
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River Girvan
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River Stinchar
The River Stinchar is a river in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It flows south west from the Galloway Forest Park to enter the Firth of Clyde at Ballantrae, about 20 km (12 miles) south south east of Ailsa Craig.
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Ross and Cromarty
Ross and Cromarty:
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Ross-shire
Ross-shire, or the County of Ross, (Siorrachd Rois in Scottish Gaelic) is a former county of Scotland. The county bordered on Sutherland, Cromartyshire (of which it contained many exclaves), Inverness-shire and an exclave of Nairnshire. It included most of Ross as well as Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. Dingwall was the traditional county town.
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Roxburghshire
Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Rosbroig) is a registration county of Scotland. It borders Dumfries to the west, Selkirk to the north-west, and Berwick to the north. To the south-east it borders Cumbria and Northumberland in England.
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Saltcoats
:For other places with the same name see Saltcoats (disambiguation).
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Scotland
Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the southwest. In addition to the mainland, Scotland includes over 790 islands including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides.
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Seamill
Seamill is a village in North Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland, about 5 miles north of Ardrossan and 8 miles south of Largs.
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Selkirkshire
Selkirkshire or the County of Selkirk () is a registration county of Scotland. It borders Peeblesshire to the west, Midlothian to the north, Berwickshire to the north-east, Roxburghshire to the east, and Dumfriesshire to the south. It derives its name from its county town, the Royal burgh of Selkirk.
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Shetland
Shetland (from etland; Old Norse) is an archipelago in Scotland, off the northeast coast. The islands lie to the northeast of Orkney, from the Faroe Islands and form part of the division between the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the North Sea to the east. The total area is approximately . Administratively, the area is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland for which the now-archaic spelling Zetland was used until 1970. The islands' administrative centre and only burgh is Lerwick.
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Skelmorlie
Skelmorlie is a village in North Ayrshire, Scotland.
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Solway Firth
The Solway Firth is a firth that forms part of the border between England and Scotland, between Cumbria (including the Solway Plain) and Dumfries and Galloway. It stretches from St Bees Head, just south of Whitehaven in Cumbria, to the Mull of Galloway, on the western end of Dumfries and Galloway. The Isle of Man is also very near to the firth. The firth comprises part of the Irish Sea.
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Sorn
Sorn () is a small village in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It is situated on the River Ayr. It has a population of roughly 350. Local services include: a pub, a church, a general store, a motorbike shop and a television shop. There is also a village hall and a bowling green and primary school. In November 2007 the School was threatened with closure by East Ayrshire Council - see [http://www.savesorn.co.uk/ Save Sorn School Campaign website].
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Stair, East Ayrshire
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Stevenston
Stevenston is a town in North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is one of the 'Three Towns' along with Ardrossan and Saltcoats.
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Stewarton
Stewarton () is a town located in East Ayrshire, Scotland. In comparison with the neighbouring towns of Kilmaurs, Fenwick, Dunlop and Lugton, it is a large town, with a population of 6,582. It is 300 feet above sea level.Groome, Francis H. (1903). Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland. Pub. Caxton. London. P. 1506. The town is served by Stewarton railway station.
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Stirlingshire
Stirlingshire or the County of Stirling (, ) is a registration county of Scotland, based around Stirling, the former county town. It borders Perthshire to the north, Clackmannanshire and West Lothian to the east, Lanarkshire to the south, and Dunbartonshire to the south-west.
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Straiton
Straiton is a village on the River Girvan in South Ayrshire in Scotland, mainly built in the 18th century, but with some recent housing.
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Strathclyde
Strathclyde (Srath Chluaidh in Gaelic, meaning "valley of the River Clyde", ) was one of nine former local government regions of Scotland created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and abolished in 1996 by the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994. The Strathclyde region had 19 districts.
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Sutherland
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Tarbolton
Tarbolton is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland.
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Thurgartstone
The Thurgatstane or Ogrestane is a famous stone near Dunlop in East Ayrshire in Scotland. The Thurgatsane is thought to have been a rocking stone at one time, but it no longer rocks.
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Troon
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Turnberry Castle
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a country and sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island nation, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border with another sovereign state, sharing it with the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea. Great Britain is linked to continental Europe by the Channel Tunnel.
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Water of Girvan
The Water of Girvan (or River Girvan) is a river in South Ayrshire, which has its source at Loch Braden Reservoir in the Carrick Forest section of Galloway Forest Park. This 28-mile river passes through the villages of Straiton, Kirkmichael and Dailly en-route to the Firth of Clyde at Girvan Harbour.
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West Kilbride
West Kilbride is a village in North Ayrshire, on the west coast of Scotland by the Firth of Clyde, looking across the water to Goat Fell and the Isle of Arran. West Kilbride and adjoining districts of Seamill and Portencross are generally considered to be a small town, having a combined population of 4,393 at the 2001 census.
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West Lothian
West Lothian (, ) is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy area. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Falkirk, North Lanarkshire, the Scottish Borders and South Lanarkshire.
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Wigtownshire
Wigtownshire or the County of Wigtown is a registration county in the Southern Uplands of south west Scotland. Until 1975, the county was one of the administrative counties used for local government purposes, and is now administered as part of the council area of Dumfries and Galloway. The county town was historically Wigtown, with the administrative centre moving to Stranraer - the largest town - on the creation of a county council in 1890. As Wigtown, the county forms the lieutenancy area of the Lord Lieutenant of Wigtown.
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Bill Shankly
William "Bill" Shankly, OBE (2 September 1913 – 29 September 1981) was one of Britain's most successful and respected football managers. Shankly was also a fine player, whose career was interrupted by the Second World War. He played nearly 300 times in The Football League for Preston North End and represented Scotland seven times, as well as playing for Partick Thistle and Carlisle United.
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Colin Mochrie
Colin Andrew Mochrie (; born November 30, 1957) is a Scottish Canadian actor and improvisational comedian, most famous for his appearances on the British and US versions of television improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway?.
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Drew McIntyre
Drew Samuel Galloway (born June 6, 1985) is a Scottish professional wrestler signed with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he wrestles on the SmackDown brand as Drew McIntyre. He is one-half of the reigning WWE Tag Team Champions with Cody Rhodes.
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Jai McDowall
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James Henry McLean
James Henry Mclean (August 13, 1829 - August 12, 1886) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
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James McCosh
James McCosh (April 1, 1811 – November 16, 1894) was a prominent philosopher of the Scottish School of Common Sense. He was president of Princeton University 1868-1888.
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John Boyd Dunlop
John Boyd Dunlop (5 February 1840 – 23 October 1921) was a Scottish inventor. He was one of the founders of the rubber company that bore his name, Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company.
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John Boyd Orr
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John Galt (novelist)
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Kenneth Campbell
Kenneth Campbell VC (21 April 1917 - 6 April 1941) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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Malcolm Wallace
Sir Malcolm Wallace (c. 1249 - August 23, 1305), Lord of Elderslie, Scotland, was a small landowner in Renfrew, and father of Scottish national hero William Wallace. He was married to Lady Margaret Craufurd. They had five children: Two older girls, then Malcolm 2nd, Sir William, and Sir John. When Sir Malcolm and his son Malcolm 2nd refused to swear allegiance to Edward I of England, they stole away in hiding for several months. Upon their return, at the Battle of Loudoun Hill, they were ambushed by the English and killed brutally.
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Robert I of Scotland
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Robert Simson
Robert Simson (14 October 1687 – 1 October 1768) was a Scottish mathematician and professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow. The pedal line of a triangle is sometimes called the "Simson line" after him.
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Sawney Bean
Alexander "Sawney" Bean(e) was the legendary head of a 48-member clan in 15th- or 16th-century Scotland, reportedly executed for the mass murder and cannibalisation of over 1,000 people.
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Simon Neil
Simon Alexander Neil (born 31 August 1979 in Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland) is a Scottish vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter, known for his work in the bands Biffy Clyro and Marmaduke Duke.
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Tom McKillop
Sir Thomas Fulton Wilson McKillop, born 19 March 1943, is a chemist, pharmaceutical company CEO and former chairman of RBS Group.
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William Murdoch
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William Wallace
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Ayrshire Tourist Guide
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- Duration: 13:26
- Published: 13 Aug 2011
- Updated: 09 Mar 2012
Slide Show of North, South and East Ayrshire tourist attractions including places such as Aila Craig, Alloway, town of Ayr, Kelburn Castle, Mauchline, Moscow, Culzean Castle, Cumbrae, Irvine, Largs, Turnberry.
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Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland.River Rescue By Emergency Services (17sep2011)
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- Duration: 12:32
- Published: 18 Sep 2011
- Updated: 15 Oct 2012
The ford at Fenwick Water in Dean Road, Kilmarnock. I guess this proves a ford will always beat a Vauxhall?! I suspect the car's electrics stopped working before it managed to get to the other side. Signs had been placed both sides of the ford. (Should have gone to Specsavers.....?!) I guess this proves we should let the authorities decide when it's save to cross a river in spate. I was speaking to a couple of the locals as well as the emergency services, and they all said that East Ayrshire Council had planned to build a bridge over the ford, as this is a regular occurance when it floods. Sadly, there's no money availible just now. Having said that....four fire engines, a couple of police cars, three coastguard vehicles, an ambulance....! How much does all of this cost when it happens on a regular basis. A temporary solution may be lockable gates, as seen on the coastal road from Largs to Wemyss Bay? they are shut in stormy weather to prevent hapless motorists from being swept into the Firth Of Clyde. The people in the car were lucky. If the car had been swept to the side, it would probably have turned over and it could have been a lot worse. Well done to all members of the emergency services who attended :-)
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Accent Tag East Ayrshire vs Glasgow
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- Duration: 5:41
- Published: 03 Mar 2011
- Updated: 16 Oct 2012
hi guys so this is my other take on the accent tag video, this time i introduce you all to my fiance Eva who is from Patna in East Ayrshire in Scotland, hope you have fun coz we did making it. facebook - www.facebook.com twitter - www.twitter.com eva - www.youtube.com
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Ayrshire Colombia
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- Duration: 8:48
- Published: 05 May 2009
- Updated: 15 Sep 2012
Ventajas de la raza Ayrshire y Rojo Sueco en Colombia
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Civil Partnership Reception in the Carlton Hotel Ayrshire
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- Duration: 15:01
- Published: 08 Apr 2012
- Updated: 08 Aug 2012
www.qualitydiscos.co.uk - This is a short video taken at Katie and Emma Gray's Civil Ceremony Reception held at the Carlton Hotel in Prestwick, Ayrshire in the 7th April 2012. DJ Shuggy supplied the entertainment on the day and everyone had an absolute ball dancing to ceilidh, Motown, Rock and Pop.... They lived the lot....!!
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Ayrshire Business Awards 2012 Finalists
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- Duration: 2:37
- Published: 12 Oct 2012
- Updated: 12 Oct 2012
For a list of the winners follow this link www.ayrshire-chamber.org Video produced by www.toshlubekproductions.co.uk
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14.2 Pony for sale Ayrshire Scotland
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- Duration: 0:46
- Published: 15 Oct 2012
- Updated: 15 Oct 2012
Supercell over Ayrshire
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- Duration: 1:39
- Published: 05 Aug 2012
- Updated: 14 Aug 2012
Quick timelapse and some slow motion lightning strikes from supercell which passed over Ayrshire on 5th August 2012.
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Portencross Castle (1360 AD), West Kilbride, Ayrshire, (27may2012). Ancient Scotland.
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- Duration: 3:55
- Published: 01 Sep 2012
- Updated: 13 Sep 2012
Building apparently started circa 1360 AD, Portencross Castle stands on the southwest coast of Scotland, somewhere between Seamill and West Kilbride. The island of Cumbrae, with the town of Millport is a short distance across the sea in the Firth of Clyde. The castle was featured on BBC TV's Restoration TV show, with Gryff Rhys Jones. Sadly it wasn't selected. Fortunately, due to the hard work of others, the castle is now open to the public. Here is the link to a very informative and well laid out website which has all the photos and information you could wish for. www.portencrosscastle.org.uk My video starts outside of the castle, then the inside through many of the halls and rooms, finally to the views of the Firth of Clyde from the roof. Having known of the castle for many years, it was nice to finally get inside and on top of it. Well done to all involved ;-)
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Tying The Ayrshire Man Salmon Fly by Davie McPhail.
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- Duration: 14:35
- Published: 17 Jan 2012
- Updated: 17 Sep 2012
Material Used; Thread - Black, Tag and Rib - Oval Gold tinsel, Tail - Polar Bear Fibre dyed Hot Orange or Bucktail dyed Hot Orange, Body- Black Floss, First Hackle - Chinese Cock dyed Sunburst, Wing - Black Bucktail, Pearl Krystal Flash and Hot Orange Arctic Fox, Cheeks - Jungle Cock, Front Hackle - Hot Orange Badger
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The Olympic flame comes to Ayrshire
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- Duration: 2:39
- Published: 11 Jun 2012
- Updated: 11 Jun 2012
It came too late for Rabbie Burns to write a poem about it, but the Olympic flame made it's way to the home of the great bard. Students and graduates from Scotland's only sports journalism degree at the University of the West of Scotland followed the torch on it's journey through Ayrshire. Alan Potts, Andrew Devlin, Andrew Southwick, David Graham, Fraser Campbell, Ross Brady, Simon Reid, Michael Temlett and Stephen Temlett. www.theawayend.net
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Ayrshire Orange Walk 2012 - Kilwinning
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- Duration: 3:03
- Published: 30 Jun 2012
- Updated: 20 Jul 2012
Ayrshire Orange Walk 2012 - Kilwinning 16
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- Duration: 5:21
- Published: 01 Jul 2012
- Updated: 01 Jul 2012
AYRSHIRE BUSES 1986
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- Duration: 5:03
- Published: 08 Oct 2012
- Updated: 16 Oct 2012
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Kirkconnel,Dumfrieshire Through New Cumnock,Ayrshire,Scotland(16dec2011)Winter
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- Duration: 13:09
- Published: 28 Dec 2011
- Updated: 22 Jan 2012
Return journey to Irvine after meeting up with my Dumfries counterpart (hello Trevor ;-). There was a little snow on the ground, maybe a couple of inches, even though there was nothing in Irvine. Trevor told me that dumfries had no snow either.
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Irvine Beach, Ayrshire, Scotland. Winter Storm (28dec2011).Hurricane Bawbag 2 The Sequel!
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- Duration: 2:24
- Published: 28 Dec 2011
- Updated: 04 Sep 2012
I have no idea who these people are! They walked into the shot just as I started to film the big waves at the Irvine Beach Point. I honestly don't think the video would've been as good without them in the foreground, so thank you whoever you are ;-) Like the other video recorded on the same day this storm was filmed over an hour from the time of high tide. The sea was still very high as you would expect from such high winds. I filmed this from the comfort of my car, but had walked all the way down to the beach with my dog a couple of hours earlier. the car was a better option....believe me!
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Old Irvine, Ayrshire 1960`s & 70`s On Film
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- Duration: 14:05
- Published: 29 May 2012
- Updated: 07 Oct 2012
Some random footage taken from my family cine films from around the Irvine area, mainly in the 60`s and 70`s and includes (in order): Views of Irvine from Afton Court (1969), Marymass parade west of the river towards the harbour, Low Green, Broomlands Rd and Milgarholm being built, Largs Hovercraft, Sloan Ave/Duncan Dr, Glasgow Vennel stable, George Cinema on fire in bank St 1969 (where the DSS now is), Old Irvine to Kilmarnock railway line which went over where the Baillie Bridge is and Eglinton park. The last portion is originally speeded up film which i`ve slowed down and goes from Townhead, over to Derghorn (no A78 or Thistle Hotel) down the coach brae, past Perceton Row and ends at Doura Mains farm. Grateful thanks to Andrew Blackley for the footage.
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Culzean, Ayrshire, Scotland. Amateur Radio. QRP VHF Contact, Scotland to Ireland (17mar2011).
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- Duration: 3:33
- Published: 18 Mar 2012
- Updated: 11 Sep 2012
MM0IMC, Ian talks to 2I0ETB, Billy in Coleraine, Ireland via the PK repeater (145.6625mhz) near Ballycastle. The distance from Culzean Castle (pronounced Cull-lane) to the repeater is 53 miles. Billy is only using 5 watts and can be heard on the input (simplex) to the repeater at 36 seconds into the video. Thanks to a pal and Google Earth, we worked out that Billy's location is just under 73 miles away. It just goes to show that given a good location and decent antennas there isn't always the need for silly power levels to make a contact. QRP (low power) can work!
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north ayrshire slideshow-1.mp4
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- Duration: 4:40
- Published: 02 Apr 2012
- Updated: 26 Sep 2012
old and not so old photo's of North Ayrshire.
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Irvine,North Ayrshire
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- Duration: 4:14
- Published: 04 Aug 2012
- Updated: 10 Aug 2012
AYRSHIRE AND ARRAN
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- Duration: 3:33
- Published: 15 May 2012
- Updated: 24 Jun 2012
Tourist video promoting AYR
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Moves Like Jagger Musichoir Ayrshire 033112
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- Duration: 4:34
- Published: 05 Apr 2012
- Updated: 23 Apr 2012
Musichoir Ayrshire opening the show in Ayr Town Hall on Saturday 31st March 2012, swinging the hips to Moves Like Jagger.
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Ayrshire, Renfrewshire & Argyle Annual Boyne Celebrations 30th June 2012 Part 4
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- Duration: 9:20
- Published: 02 Jul 2012
- Updated: 03 Jul 2012
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15 Oct 2012
PUNE: Profiles of all secondary schools in the state will now be available at the click of a mouse. A project to this effect has been undertaken by the state Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan, a...
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15 Oct 2012
Des dizaines de millions de personnes ont regardé dimanche avec fascination et angoisse le saut spectaculaire du parachutiste autrichien Felix Baumgartner, qui a franchi pour la...
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15 Oct 2012
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan airlifted a 14-year-old activist who was shot and seriously wounded by the Taliban to the United Kingdom for treatment today, a move that will give her access to the...
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14 Oct 2012
Update: Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner has landed on Earth after a jump from the stratosphere in what could be the world's first supersonic skydive. Baumgartner landed in eastern New Mexico desert...
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16 Oct 2012
* Goldman posts stronger-than-expected profit, raises dividend * Johnson & Johnson, UnitedHealth Group increase profit views * Citigroup CEO Pandit resigns unexpectedly * Dow up 0.9 pct, S&P; 500 up 1...
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03 Oct 2012 13:50:20 Budding young musicians who attended songwriting courses run by the Council's Creative Minds team recently completed recording a CD of their very own 'greatest hits'. Primary school boys in Stewarton and Cumnock areas had the opportunity to work with local talented songwriter...(size: 2.9Kb)
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Councillor Toner joined in all the fun of the academy with the students, instructors and other Councillors. View more photographs South Ayrshire Council pupils were in action delivering sports coaching at the launch of the Council's Active Schools Coach Education Academy 2012-2013 at Prestwick...(size: 6.6Kb)
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02 Oct 2012 14:31:17 The skies above Kilmarnock will once again be lit with breath-taking fireworks on Monday 5 November at East Ayrshire Council's official display. The Council is looking for support from the local community again this year, asking for just a £1 donation per person to help fund the...(size: 3.0Kb)
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Andy Robinson, Scotland Rugby Coach met Carrick Academy pupils and staff at Holyrood. A group of S6 students from Carrick Academy gave a presentation to members of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood on the benefits to be gained from rugby being a part of their school life. The pupils gave their...(size: 2.9Kb)
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02 Oct 2012 11:46:08 Visitors flocked to Kilmarnock's Gateway Centre for the relaunch of its popular lunch club. 'Lunch at the Gateway' will now run every Thursday, 12 noon -1.30 pm. The club is run by ten adult volunteers, who receive additional support. The café is open to all and provides a...(size: 2.6Kb)
Leadership Panel gives Lochside £9 million masterplan the green light (South Ayrshire Council)
02 Oct 2012
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58 stunning new homes for Council tenants in South Ayrshire could be on the cards as part of a £9 million development for Lochside in Ayr, after the Council's Leadership Panel today (2 October 2012) agreed a comprehensive masterplan for the area. The decision, which could still be...(size: 2.6Kb)
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01 Oct 2012 14:16:01 Passers-by on John Finnie Street will have noticed a striking new feature on the scene - the beautifully refurbished Opera House building, complete with stunning windows. Restored to its former glory, the sandstone frontage is the perfect setting for the windows which feature...(size: 3.7Kb)
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01 Oct 2012 14:05:30 The launch of a new Sports Hub at St. Joseph's Academy, Kilmarnock, on Saturday 6 October will be a real community event. If you have been inspired by the great 2012 summer of sport, then come along to the opening, take part in taster sessions and see how you could improve your...(size: 3.1Kb)
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Free home insulation (East Ayrshire Council)
01 Oct 2012
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01 Oct 2012 12:21:25 East Ayrshire Council has successfully secured funding from the Scottish Government to offer free insulation to all owner occupiers and private rented sector tenants living in East Ayrshire. The Home Insulation and Universal Home Insulation Scheme (UHIS) provides householders...(size: 3.6Kb)
For other uses, see Ayrshire (disambiguation).
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| Country | Scotland |
| County town | Ayr |
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| • Total | 2,947 km2 (1,138 sq mi) |
| Ranked 7th | |
| Chapman code | AYR |
Ayrshire (Scots: Coontie o Ayrshire; Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, pronounced [ʃirˠəxk iɲiˈɾʲaːɾʲ]) is a registration county, and former administrative county in south-west Scotland, United Kingdom, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine. The town of Troon on the coast has hosted the British Open Golf Championship twice in the last seven years[when?] and eight times in total. Approximately 200,000 visitors came to Troon during the 2004 Open.[citation needed] It was the members of Prestwick Golf Club who first created the British Open Championship in 1860[1] with the club hosting the event twenty-four times up until 1925.
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Ayrshire, under the name the County of Ayr, is a registration county. The electoral and valuation area named Ayrshire covers the three council areas of South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire, therefore including the Isle of Arran, Great Cumbrae and Little Cumbrae. The three islands were part of the County of Bute until 1975 and are not always included when the term Ayrshire is applied to the region. The same area is known as Ayrshire and Arran in other contexts.
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, cattle (see below) and summer berries such as strawberries are grown abundantly.
Ayrshire shares with Dumfries and Galloway some wonderful rugged hill country known as the Galloway Hills. These hill 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.
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) remains high, above the national average.
The area became part of the kingdom of Scotland during the 11th century. In 1263, the Scots successfully drove off of the Norwegian leidang-army in a skirmish known as the Battle of Largs.
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 Irwine on the north, and the Doon on the south and south-west, an area that is partly mountainous. 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 Ayr; and the latter, the triangular portion between the Ayr and the Doon, which is honoured as the birth-place 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 Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 established a uniform system of county councils in Scotland and realigned the boundaries of many of Scotland’s counties.
Glasgow Prestwick International Airport, serving Glasgow, is located in Ayrshire. It has a niche in rock history as the only place in Britain visited by Elvis Presley, on his way home from Army service in Germany in 1960.
See also: Local government of Scotland
Ayr county council was created in 1890, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889. In 1930 the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 was implemented. This re-designated the Burghs into large burghs and Small Burghs. This new categorisation influenced the level of autonomy that the Burghs enjoyed from the county council. The act also abolished the parish as a unit of local government in Scotland. In Ayrshire in excess of 30 parishes were consolidated into ten district councils.
In May 1975 the county council was abolished and its functions 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.
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 & Loudon 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).
Parliamentary constituencies[link]
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.
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.
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.
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.
| 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 |
Towns and villages in Ayrshire[link]
- Ardrossan
- Annbank
- Auchentiber
- Auchinleck
- Ayr
- Barr
- Beith
- Bellsbank
- Catrine
- Coylton
- Crosshill
- Cumnock
- Dailly
- Dalmellington
- Dalry
- Dalrymple
- Darvel
- Drongan
- Dreghorn
- Drybridge
- Dundonald
- Dunlop
- Dunure
- Fairlie
- Fenwick
- Galston
- Gatehead
- Girvan
- Glengarnock
- Hurlford
- Irvine
- Kilbirnie
- Kilmarnock
- Kilmaurs
- Kilwinning
- Kirkmichael
- Knockentiber
- Largs
- Logan
- Lugton
- Lugar
- Mauchline
- Maidens
- Maybole
- Mossblown
- Minishant
- Muirkirk
- New Cumnock
- Newmilns
- Ochiltree
- Old Dailly
- Prestwick
- Saltcoats
- Seamill
- Skelmorlie
- Sorn
- Springside
- Stair
- Stevenston
- Stewarton
- Straiton
- Tarbolton
- Turnberry
- Troon
- West Kilbride
Rivers in Ayrshire[link]
The main rivers flowing to the Clyde coast are, from north to south, the following:
Interesting places[link]
Some notable people born in Ayrshire[link]
- Hew Ainslie (1792-1878), poet[5]
- Sir Thomas Brisbane (1773-1860), Scottish soldier and colonial administrator, after whom the city of Brisbane is named.
- John Boyd Orr (1880-1971), Nobel Peace Prize winner
- Robert the Bruce (1274-1329), possibly at Turnberry Castle.
- Robert Burns (1759-1796), poet, in Alloway;
- Kenneth Campbell (1917-1941), RAF pilot, posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross, born in Ardrossan.
- Robert Craufurd (1764-1812), British Major-General;
- Thomas Craig (1855-1900), noted professor of mathematics, editor, and author.[5]
- John Dunlop (1840-1921), Scottish inventor of the pneumatic tire, in Dreghorn.
- Andrew Fisher (1862-1928), 5th Prime Minister of Australia 1908-1909, 1910-1913, 1914-1915;
- Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), inventor/discoverer of penicillin, in Darvel;
- John Galt (1779-1839), author.
- Drew Galloway (1985-), professional wrestler on WWE's Raw brand as Drew McIntyre.
- Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, current Australian Chief of Defence Force Emigrated to Australia in 1968
- George Houston (painter) (1869-1947), landscape painter of Scottish locales;[6]
- Tom Hunter, entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Macdonald Brothers, recording artists and contestants on The X Factor
- John McAdam (1756-1836), engineer, responsible for a system of road design;
- James McCosh (1811-1894), noted philosopher of the Scottish School of Common Sense and president of what would be Princeton University.[5]
- James McCosh Clark (1833–1898), Mayor of Auckland
- Jai McDowall (1986-), winner of Britain's Got Talent in 2011
- William McIlvanney, writer.
- Sir Thomas McKillop, (1943-) CEO of AstraZeneca, born in Dreghorn
- James Henry McLean (1806-1886), born in Ayrshire, physician and United States Congressman from Missouri.[5]
- Colin Mochrie (born 1957) Scottish /Canadian Improvisational Comedian and Actor (Best known for being in Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
- William Murdoch (1754 - 1839), Inventor of gas lighting and Engineer.
- Simon Neil (1979-), James Johnston, and Ben Johnston of Biffy Clyro.
- Bill Shankly (1913-1981), successful football manager
- Robert Simson (1687-1768), noted mathematician and professor of mathematics for 50 years
- Sam Torrance (1953- ), professional golfer born in Largs.
- Malcolm Wallace, Father of William Wallace one of Scotland's greatest national heroes, in Riccarton, Kilmarnock.
References[link]
- ^ Intayrnet.com
- ^ 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 & Drennan. p. 2.
- ^
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ayrshire". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Ayrshire. - ^ Murray, David (1924). Early burgh organization in Scotland: as illustrated in the history of Glasgow and of some neighbouring burghs. 2. Maclehose, Jackson & Co..
- ^ a b c d Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1963.
- ^ Euan Robson, George Houston: Nature's Limner (Atelier Books: Edinburgh, 1997).
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