An animated historical account of the famous Battle of Large in 1263, when Scots and Norwegians came to blows over who would rule the Isles of Western Scotland.
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Convicted murderer James Culinane in prison. He claims he is innocent. Over the years there have been a number of terrible murders in ...
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New houses at the Harbourside It's no secret that Irvine is undergoing something of a building boom. Grok estimates that over the last 1...
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Ayrshire has a long tradition of fesity folk, going back to and beyond William Wallace. Naturally this includes the fair ladies of the s...
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The first invasion of Ayrshire that history has some record of was the Roman invasion of 81 and 82 A.D., led by the Roman general Agri...
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Grant examines a post box in his constituency From an objective point of view, the best of the present Ayrshire contingent of MPs is B...
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It is a mistake to conflate the Fascist government of Mussolini's Italy with the National Socialist government of Hitler's Germany. ...
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Photo: Leslie Barrie Just behind the town of West Kilbride, on Blackshaw Farm, is the ancient rock carving known by the name ...
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Recently the Guardian newspaper sent one of its "big city" reporters to the village of Dreghorn in our humble shire to dig u...
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This print, dated 1901, shows the ruins of Kilwinning Abbey, which was in operation from the 12th to 16th centuries.
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Bridgegate House, Irvine THE Ayrshire locations will go head to head in this year's SURF Awards under the category of ‘Scotland’s...
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