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Tarbolton
Tarbolton () is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is near Failford, Mauchline, Ayr, and Kilmarnock. The old Fail Monastery was nearby and Robert Burns connections are strong, including the Bachelors' Club museum. Meaning of place-name Tarbolton has been suggested as having one of three meanings: * Village by the Tor (rock formation), tor or hill, from Old English ''torr'' 'tor, hill, cliff' and ''boðl-tun'' /''bothl-tun'' "village with buildings, equivalent to Bolton, Greater Manchester, Bolton in Greater Manchester. The name was recorded as ''Torbolten'' in 1138, suggesting this origin. * Village by the Field (agriculture), field and hill, from Old English ''torr'' 'tor, hill, cliff' and ''bāll'' 'field (not meaning the same as ball 'ball', i.e. football), as in Dunball, Somerset, with ''tun'' 'farm, village'. The name's record in writing as ''Torballtone'' in 1209 suggests this origin ''may'' be possible. * Village by the hill, from Old Gaelic ''tor'', modern Gael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Fail Monastery
Fail Monastery, occasionally known as Failford Abbey, had a dedication to 'Saint Mary',Love (2003), Page 209Groome, Page 561 and was located at Fail (NS 42129 28654) on the bank of the Water of Fail, Parish of Tarbolton near the village of Tarbolton, South Ayrshire. Most of the remaining monastery ruins were removed in 1952. The official and rarely used title was House of the Holy Trinity of Failford or the Ministry of Failford. History Other spelling variations for the monastery are 'Valle' (1307), 'Faleford' (1368), 'Feil' (1654), 'Feill' (1732), 'Faill' or 'Ffele'Paterson, V.II, Page 756 References refer loosely to the friars and the establishment is sometimes marked on maps as a priory. The Trinitarians Also known as the "Red Friars", or "Mathurines" from the monastery of Saint Mathurin in Paris.Paterson, V.II, Page 754 The friars were charged with the duty of saving captives from slavery and as such, were called ''Fratres de Redemptione Captivorum'' or "The Fathers of Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
David Sillar
David Sillar (1760–1830) was a Scottish farmer, poet, grocer, schoolteacher and baillie who was a close friend of the poet Robert Burns. He died in 1830, aged 70, after a long illness, and was buried in Irvine's Old Parish Church cemetery. His eroded gravestone was replaced by a facsimile thanks to the Irvine Burns Club. He married twice and had only one son survive him, a Dr. Zachary Sillar M.D. of Liverpool. His father was Patrick Sillar, tenant farmer at Spittalside near Tarbolton, Ayrshire. He first married a widow, Mrs Margaret Kerr, née Gemmell shortly after moving to Irvine and had seven children and his second wife was the sister of John Bryan of the Sun Inn, Kilmarnock. Life and character David was the third son of four, his father being Patrick Sillar, farmer at Spittalside (NS 425 277) near Tarbolton, close to the Burns family farm at Lochlea, South Ayrshire, Lochlea.Westwood, Page 125 His brother William took on the lease of the farm and his elder brothers Rober ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Alexander Tait (poet)
Alexander Tait, Sawney Tait or Saunders Tait (14 August 1720 - circa 1800)Paterson (1840), Page 157 was a tailor, a published poet and also a contemporary of Robert Burns, whom he knew well. Tait was also well acquainted with the published poet and close friend of Burns, David Sillar. Tait spent much of his life in Tarbolton Tarbolton () is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is near Failford, Mauchline, Ayr, and Kilmarnock. The old Fail Monastery was nearby and Robert Burns connections are strong, including the Bachelors' Club museum. Meaning of place-name ... where he was an active member of the community. His poems were exhibited in the 1896 Burn Exhibition, a copy being loaned by the Mitchell Library. He was generally known locally as 'Whip-the-cat', an old expression that referred to itinerant tailors, etc. who went from door to door to do work for others.Lowe (1904), Page 121 Life and background A lifelong bachelor, Tait is said to have lived in a small two- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bachelors' Club, Tarbolton
The Bachelors' Club is a National Trust for Scotland museum located at 1 Sandgate Street, Tarbolton, KA5 5RB. The upstairs room was the largest in Tarbolton and was used for a number of social events. It was probably the first rural debating society in Scotland and the prototype for many Burns Clubs the world over. This 17th-century building is thatched and has period furnishings. History On 11 November 1780 a debating club was founded by young men from Tarbolton parish, inspired by one that was established in Ayr, by Robert Burns, Gilbert Burns, Hugh Reid, Alexander Brown, Thomas Wright, William M'Gavin and Walter Mitchell. Robert Burns was unanimously elected president for the first meeting, held in the property of John Richard, used as an ale-house.Mackay, Page 82 David Sillar, who lived nearby, was added to the list of founders in May 1781, followed by Matthew Paterson, James Paterson, and John Orr in 1782. The Club continued in operation for some years after Burns left the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Fail Loch
Fail Loch or Faile Loch was situated in a low-lying area near the old monastery of Fail in the Parish of Tarbolton, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The old Lochlea Loch lies nearby and its waters still feed into Fail Loch via the Mill Burn. History The loch is recorded as 'Valle' in 1307, and 'Feil' in the 17th century. Feill' (1732), 'Faill' or 'Ffele' are further names recorded for the site.Paterson, V.II, Page 756 Paterson states that the loch once surrounded the Fail Monastery so that it sat on an island. The surviving portion of the seasonal loch is located to the north of the old monastery site. In 1504 it is recorded that turf and masses of earth on land belonging to the House of Failford were used for repairing a breakout of Fail Loch and lade to the north and west where the border with the lands of the Abbot of Melrose lay. In Robert Burns's day Fail Loch was one of three plains that were flooded in winter to supply power for the mill that only worked once the harvest was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Robert Burns
Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the List of national poets, national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is in a "light Central Scots, Scots dialect" of English, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland. He also wrote in standard English, and in these writings his political or civil commentary is often at its bluntest. He is regarded as a pioneer of the Romanticism, Romantic movement, and after his death he became a great source of inspiration to the founders of both liberalism and socialism, and a cultural icon in Scotland and among the Scottish diaspora around the world. Celebration of his life and work became almost a national charismatic cult during the 19th and 20th centuries, and his influence has long been strong on Scottish literature. In 2009 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lochlea (South Ayrshire)
Lochlea or Lochlie (pronounced 'Lochli') was situated in a low-lying area between the farms and dwellings of Lochlea and Lochside in the Parish of Tarbolton, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The loch was natural, sitting in a hollow created by glaciation. The loch waters ultimately drained via Fail Loch, the Mill Burn, and the Water of Fail. It is well-documented due to the presence of a crannog that was excavated and documented circa 1878, and its association with the poet Robert Burns, who lived here for several years whilst his father was the tenant.Arch Hist Coll, p. 30Love, p. 210 Lochlea lies northeast of Tarbolton, and just over northwest of Mauchline. History The loch also recorded as 'Lochly',Thomson's Map Retrieved : 2011-01-04 'Lochlee'Dillon, p.118 and 'Lochlie' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Failford
Failford () is a hamlet (place), hamlet in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is west of Mauchline, where the Water of Fail flows into the River Ayr. History A minor ford would have been located where the Water of Fail has its confluence with the River Ayr however the name of the hamlet is also linked to the major ford over the River Ayr that led to a lane leading up into the Fail Hill Woods on the eastern bank, one termination being what may have been a sandstone quarry. The ford branched off from the old toll road just prior to the first building in the row of houses that includes the Failford Inn. By 1895 this ford was out of use apart from an access for farmers to collect stones and sand from the river for agricultural and other purposes. Robert Burns and Highland Mary The betrothal of the poet Robert Burns and "Mary Campbell (Highland Mary), Highland Mary" (Mary Campbell) is said to have taken place here in 1786 or at nearby Coilsfield. In 1921, local Freemasons erected a memoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
South Ayrshire
South Ayrshire (; , ) is one of thirty-two council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of Ayrshire. It borders onto Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire. South Ayrshire had an estimated population in 2021 of 112,450, making it the 19th–largest Subdivisions of Scotland, subdivision in Scotland by population. With an area of 472 sq mi, South Ayrshire ranks as the 15th largest subdivision in Scotland. South Ayrshire's administrative centre is located in its largest town, Ayr. The headquarters for its associated political body, South Ayrshire Council, is housed at the town's County Buildings, Ayr, County Buildings, located in Wellington Square. Ayr is the former county town of the historic Ayrshire county, with the political activity of the Ayrshire#Local government, Ayrshire County Council being based at County Buildings. History Creation South Ayrshire was created in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, which replaced Scotland' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jimmy Hay
James Hay (9 February 1881 – 4 April 1940) was a Scottish association football, footballer, who played for Ayr F.C., Ayr, Celtic F.C., Celtic, Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United, Ayr United F.C., Ayr United and the Scotland national football team, Scotland national team. Hay was born in Tarbolton, Ayrshire and signed for Celtic for £50 from Ayr FC in March 1903. Described as a strong tackler, Hay captain (sport), captained Celtic between 1906 and 1911 and made a total of 322 appearances for the club, scoring 23 goals. He was part of the Celtic side which won six consecutive league titles between 1904-05 in Scottish football, season 1904–05 and 1909-10 in Scottish football, season 1909–10 under the management of Willie Maley. He left Celtic in 1911 after the club failed to meet his improved contract demands and joined English club Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United. He returned to Scotland in 1915 with Ayr United, where he remained for three years. He served as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Carrick, Cumnock And Doon Valley (Scottish Parliament Constituency)
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley ( Gaelic: ''Carraig, Cumnaig agus Srath Dhùn'') is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, covering parts of the council areas of South Ayrshire and East Ayrshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, it is one of nine constituencies in the South Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole. The seat has been held by Elena Whitham of the Scottish National Party since the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. Electoral region The other eight constituencies of the South Scotland region are: Ayr; Clydesdale; Dumfriesshire; East Lothian; Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire; Galloway and West Dumfries; Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley and Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale. The region covers th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
