Marymass refers to Mary Queen of Scots and is celebrated for around a week starting from the 15th of August, and was therefore Mary's Mass hence Marymass. There is still a yearly festival, called Marymass, held in the town. There are also conflicting rumours that Mary, Queen of Scots, stayed briefly at Seagate Castle. Despite being classed as a new town, Irvine has had a long history stretching back many centuries and was classed as a Royal Burgh. He is known to have worked in a flax mill on the Glasgow Vennel. The town was once a haunt of Robert Burns, after whom two streets in the town are named: Burns Street and Burns Crescent. 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. Irvine was the site of Scotland's 12th century military capital and former headquarters of the Lord High Constable of Scotland, Hugh de Morville. Irvine is the administrative centre and the seat of the North Ayrshire Council administration which has its headquarters based at Cunninghame House. The 2011 Census recorded the town's population at 33,698 inhabitants, making it the largest settlement in North Ayrshire. Irvine ( / ˈ ɜːr v ɪ n/ UR-vin Scots: Irvin, Scottish Gaelic: Irbhinn, IPA:) is an ancient settlement, in medieval times a royal burgh, and now a new town on the coast of the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire, Scotland.
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