Irvine, North Ayrshire (gbr)

Irvine, North Ayrshire

Irvine, North Ayrshire ranks 1,859th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Yasu, Shiga, Teruel, and Bojnice. Memorable people born in Irvine, North Ayrshire include Nicola Sturgeon, Roy Aitken, and Jack McConnell. Irvine, North Ayrshire has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians. Irvine, North Ayrshire is located in United Kingdom.

Irvine is a town and former royal burgh on the coast of the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The 2011 Census recorded the town's population at 33,698 inhabitants, making it the largest settlement in North Ayrshire, and 22nd largest settlement in Scotland. Irvine was designated at the fifth and final Scottish new town in November 1966. Irvine is the administrative centre and the seat of the North Ayrshire Council administration which has its headquarters based at Cunninghame House. Irvine was the site of Scotland's 12th century military capital and former headquarters of the Lord High Constable of Scotland, Hugh de Morville. It also served as the capital of Cunninghame and was, at the time of David I, Robert II and Robert III, one of the earliest capitals of Scotland. Read more on Wikipedia