Richard Brown (captain)
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Richard Brown or Ritchie Broun in Scots was born in Irvine. He was a sea captain and a one time friend of Robert Burns who is credited by Burns as the being the person who "encouraged me to endeavour
The plaque from the Drukken Steps cairn
A Sunday in Eglinton Woods.
Robert Burns by Alexander Nasmyth, 1787
The cairn commemorating the association of Richard Brown and Robert Burns in Irvine.
Irvine Burns Club
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The Irvine Burns Club, based at the Wellwood Burns Centre & Museum, was founded on 2 June 1826 and is one of the world's longest continuously active Burns Clubs. At least five personal friends of Robe
Richard Brown (captain)
…have on earth". He suggests when they meet they drink a toast and hopes "may the Companions of our Youth be the Friends of our Old Age". In 2013 the Irvine Burns Club and partners established an 'Irvine Harbour Heritage Trail' honouring twelve significant individuals closely associated with the harbour and Richard…
Wellwood House, Irvine Burns Club
The Robert Burns statue on Irvine Moor.
Burns family stained glass window at the Irvine burns Club.
Life of Burns stained glass window at the Irvine Burns Club.