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Marymass

It is possible to date the Marymass festival to around the late 14th century, as this is one of the first instances […]

Graveyard The graveyard surrounds the church on all sides and runs down to the river bank from which it is separated by […]

The church in the distance is Irvine Old Parish Church, which was built in 1773 to replace an earlier chapel known as […]

Trinity church was designed by architect Frederick Thomas Pilkington and is situated on Mizar Hill. It was opened on 29th December 1863, […]

TThe first mention of a stone bridge across the River Irvine was in August 1533 although the existence of Bridgegate, at least […]

Originally known as Smiddy or Smithy Bar, by the middle of the 1700s Glasgow Vennel was part of the main road from […]

Below is one of the planning maps for Irvine New Town, I’ve included it at the highest resolution that I could find […]

The New Town plan not only made provision for new shopping, new transit, new housing and new entertainment areas, but also new […]

While the New Town provided many new areas of housing in Irvine, and areas were set aside for shops, post offices and […]

Phase 3 of the New Town Plan would have continued the flow from the Irvine Centre along Irvine Harbour, demolishing that entire […]