Kirkcowan
Encyclopedia
Kirkcowan is a village
and parish
in Dumfries and Galloway
, Scotland
.
It is situated in the north of the Machars
peninsula, about 7 miles south south west of Newton Stewart
.
The principal industry has always been agriculture, although in the 19th century two woollen mills were erected on the River Tarff nearby. Kirkcowan is on the medieval pilgrim route to Whithorn, seat of Christianity in Scotland.
Kirkcowan had a railway station on the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway until the line was closed in 1965.
Kirkcowan is situated between the Rivers Tarff and Bladnoch and attracts many fishers.
Kirkcowan had a football team called Tarff Rovers who had to disband due to financial hardship.
Kirkcowan has a Nursery and Primary School; a village hall,garage/petrol station(Kirkcowan Service station), church, pub/hotel(Craichlaw Arms), post office, corner shop(Keystore) and a cycle shop/repairs(Kirkcowan Cycles). It is on the main Stranraer to Carlisle bus route.
Craig Kennedy - experienced Newspaper worker and local performer - often drives through Kirkcowan.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
and parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
in Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. It was one of the nine administrative 'regions' of mainland Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government etc. Act 1973...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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It is situated in the north of the Machars
Machars
The Machars is a peninsula in Galloway in the south-west of Scotland. The word is derived from the Gaelic word Machair meaning low lying or level land, known as "links" on the east coast of Scotland...
peninsula, about 7 miles south south west of Newton Stewart
Newton Stewart
Newton Stewart is a burgh town in the south of Scotland in the west of the region of Dumfries and Galloway and in the county of Wigtownshire....
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The principal industry has always been agriculture, although in the 19th century two woollen mills were erected on the River Tarff nearby. Kirkcowan is on the medieval pilgrim route to Whithorn, seat of Christianity in Scotland.
Kirkcowan had a railway station on the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway until the line was closed in 1965.
Kirkcowan is situated between the Rivers Tarff and Bladnoch and attracts many fishers.
Kirkcowan had a football team called Tarff Rovers who had to disband due to financial hardship.
Kirkcowan has a Nursery and Primary School; a village hall,garage/petrol station(Kirkcowan Service station), church, pub/hotel(Craichlaw Arms), post office, corner shop(Keystore) and a cycle shop/repairs(Kirkcowan Cycles). It is on the main Stranraer to Carlisle bus route.
Craig Kennedy - experienced Newspaper worker and local performer - often drives through Kirkcowan.