Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock is a large burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the adminstrative centre of East Ayrshire Council. With a population of 46,770, Kilmarnock is the 15th most populated place in Scotland and the largest town in Ayrshire.The River Irvine runs through the eastern section of Kilmarnock, and the Kilmarnock Water passes through it, giving rise to the name 'Bank Street'. The first collection of work by Scottish poet Robert Burns, Poems, chiefly... Show more in the Scottish dialect, was published in Kilmarnock in 1786 by John Wilson, printer and bookseller and became known as the Kilmarnock Edition. The internationally distributed whisky brand Johnnie Walker originated in the town in the 19th century and until 2012 was still bottled, packaged and distilled in the town at the Johnnie Walker Hill Street plant. Protest and backing from the Scottish Government took place in 2009, after Diageo, the owner...