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Saturday, 28 February 2015

Ayrshire Around the World (2): Brisbane, Australia


The city of Brisbane, with a population of 2.4 million in its metropolitan area, is the third most populous city in Australia, but few realize the connection the city has with Ayrshire and the fact that Brisbane is an Ayrshire name.

Olde Ayrshire (1): Dunure Castle


This 1840 print by an unknown artist shows the ruins of Dunure Castle viewed from the North. In the background you can see the vast volcanic plug of Ailsa Craig.

Monday, 9 February 2015

Ayrshire Around the World: (1) Ayrshire, Iowa, USA

The centre of the community.
Ayrshire folk have gone all round the world, leaving their mark. In many far-flung corners of the globe you will often find place names that have an all-too-familiar ring to them. One of the oddest is undoubtedly the "city" of Ayrshire in the Mid-Western US state of Iowa, although "city" is perhaps the wrong word, as the population is only 142 people. At its peak in 1940 it was 391.