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English: Girvan, in Carrick, South Ayrshire, was originally a fishing port and in 1668, it became a municipal burgh incorporated by charter. The opening of the railways, initially with the Maybole and Girvan Railway at the end of the 1850s, encouraged the development of Girvan as a seaside resort. Beneath rolling hills to the East of the town Girvan’s long beach provides great views towards the islands of Ailsa Craig and Arran as well as, on a clear day, The Mull of Kintyre and Northern Ireland. Girvan Old Street Churchyard Burial Ground is adjacent to the A77, north of the town centre. The graveyard surrounds the site of the former parish church mentioned in 1296 and dedicated to St Cuthbert.
The trouble started on 25th April when ‘Reform Movement’ protestors, paraded through the town and were attacked by members of the ‘Orange Movement’. For the next six months there were continuous running battles between the two factions even though the Reformers were of no particular religious persuasion and there were many casualties on both sides. On the day Constable Ross was murdered several other constables and people from the town were severely injured. (Samuel Waugh, the Orangeman who fired the shot that killed Ross, was later arrested at Suie on the Newton Stewart Hill Road having made his escape to there by way of the village of Barr. Following his conviction, Waugh, a former soldier in the Downshire Militia, was hanged on 19 January 1832.) Special Constable “Alex” Ross, a fisherman to trade, was buried in Old Street Cemetery and his grave is marked by a low stone of obelisk design surmounted by a ball and spike. [Text courtesy of David M Hunter - FSA Scot.] The Scotch Mist Gallery contains photographs of historic buildings, monuments, memorials and people. |
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