Category: The Irvine that is

The centre of the old town was typified by congested tenements and a system of narrow closes.  Adjacent to the Town House, […]

The Low Green was first mentioned in 1499 and is as the name suggests, an area of low lying ground along the […]

The powder house was built in 1642 to provide safe storage for gunpowder for use by the military in the Royal Burgh […]

According to tradition, this ford, the Puddle Ford, was the site of a skirmish between Wallace and the English – there is […]

Saint Inan (Evan) was a monk and the patron saint of Irvine, where he resided during the 9th century AD. His holy […]

The statue of Burns was designed and sculpted by James Pittendrigh MacGillivary, a prominent sculptor at the time. John Speirs paid for […]

The early planners of the town’s layout purposefully made High Street twice as wide so that it could be used for fairs […]

Irvine’s ancient tollbooth had served as both the town’s jail and townhouse since the 14th century. By the mid 19th century, however, […]