Ayr
Ayr (Gaelic Inbhir AIR) is a city in south-west Scotland, located on the Firth of Clyde, where the eponymous river Ayr flows. It is the capital of the traditional county of Ayrshire and the administrative center of the unitary authority of South Ayrshire. According to the General Register Office of Scotland was in 2003, the population of 45 860.
History
In Ayr is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway, which can look back on more than 1600jährige history. Episcopal church is St Margaret 's Cathedral.
On April 26, 1315 the first Scottish Parliament of Robert the Bruce was opened in Ayr. It was known as Inverair or Inverayr, which even today is still in the Gaelic form of the name Inbhir Air.
Education
The University of the West of Scotland has one of its four locations in Ayr (near Paisley, Hamilton and Dumfries ).
Sports
Ayr United is the football club of the city, in the season 2012 | 13 plays in the Second Division of the Scottish football league.
On the Racecourse Ayr will be held ( in September ), inter alia, the Scottish Grand National ( in April ) and the Ayr Gold Cup.
Traffic
On the northern outskirts there's the Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
Twinning
Partners town of Ayr is since 1984 the city of Saint- Germain -en- Laye in the French region of Ile- de -France.
Born in Ayr
- John Loudon McAdam (1756-1836), Scottish engineer, inventor of the macadam road surface
- Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scottish poet, was born in Alloway, now part of Ayr
- William Maclure (1763-1840), Scottish geologist, scholar and philanthropist
- John Coats (1906-1979), Scottish theosophist
- William Ross, Baron Ross of Marnock, (1911-1988), British Labour Party politician
- David E. Murray ( born 1951 ), Scottish businessman and former sports official
- Alan McInally ( born 1963 ), former Scottish football player
- Brian Whittle (born 1964 ), former British athlete, (400 -meter run )
- Rhona Martin ( b. 1966 ), Scottish curler
- Drew McIntyre ( born 1985 ), Scottish Wrestler