Muirkirk
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Muirkirk is a small village in East Ayrshire, southwest Scotland. It is located on the north bank of the River Ayr, between Cumnock and Glenbuck on the A70.
Muirkirk main street, showing the junction at the centre of the village
Covenanters
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Covenanters were members of a 17th-century Scottish religious and political movement, who supported a Presbyterian Church of Scotland and the primacy of its leaders in religious affairs. It originated
Muirkirk
…estimated population of Muirkirk is 1,324. The village developed around its church, which was built in 1631, and was a fertile recruiting ground for the Covenanter movement. The village partook in curling since at least 1750, and has one of the earliest written accounts of this, by the minister, Rev John Sheppard…
John Knox, who founded the reformed Church of Scotland, or kirk
1637 riots over the Book of Common Prayer; some modern historians argue these were not spontaneous, but pre-planned
Covenanter political leader, the Marquess of Argyll
Alexander Leslie, Lord General of the Covenanter Army during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms