Ayrshire

Ayrshire is a county on the west coast of Scotland. The county town is Ayr but the biggest towns are  Kilmarnock and Irvine.

There used to be three districts called "bailieries" which were later put together to make up the shire of Ayrshire. The three districts were:

 Cunninghame in the north (which included the royal burgh of Irvine)
 Kyle in the middle (which included the royal burgh of Ayr)
 Carrick in the south.

For local government, the county is divided into three council areas:

North Ayrshire
East Ayrshire
South Ayrshire

Towns and villages in Ayrshire

The towns in Ayrshire are:

Ardrossan
Auchentiber
Auchinleck
Ayr
Beith
Catrine
Cumnock
Dalry
Darvel
Drongan
Drybridge
Dunlop
Dunure
Fairlie
Fenwick
Galston
Gatehead, Ayrshire
Girvan
Glengarnock
Hurlford
Irvine
Kilbirnie
Kilmarnock
Kilmaurs
Kilwinning
Knockentiber
Largs
Logan
Lugton
Lugar
Mauchline
Maybole
Muirkirk
Newmilns
Ochiltree
Prestwick
Saltcoats
Seamill
Skelmorlie
Sorn
Springside
Stevenston
Stewarton
Turnberry
Troon
West Kilbride