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Ayrshire (''Siorrachd Inbhir Àir'' in Scottish Gaelic ) was a County in south-west Scotland , located on the shores of the Firth Of Clyde . Its principal Town s include Ayr , Kilmarnock and the New Town (and ancient Royal Burgh ) of Irvine . The town of Troon (pop. 20,000) on the coast has hosted the British Open Golf Championship twice in the last seven years, eight times in total, including the most recent one in 2004. Approximately 200,000 visitors come to Troon during this period. Ayrshire is one of the most agriculturally fertile regions of Scotland. Potatoes are grown in fields near the coast, using seaweed-based fertiliser, and in addition the county produces pork products, other root vegetables, cattle (see below) and summer berries such as strawberries are grown abundantly. The area used to be heavily industrialised, with Steel Making , Coal Mining and in Kilmarnock numerous examples of Production-line manufacturing, most famously Johnnie Walker whisky. In more recent history, Digital Equipment had a large manufacturing plant near Ayr from about 1976 until the company was taken over by Compaq in 1998. Some supplier companies grew up to service this site and the more distant IBM plant at Greenock in Renfrewshire . Almost all incidences of industry are gone, and unemployment (excluding the more Rural South Ayrshire ) is high, above the national average. The area became part of the kingdom of Scotland during the 11th Century . In 1263 , the Scots successfully drove off a group of Norwegian Viking s in a skirmish known as the Battle Of Largs . A notable historic building in Ayrshire is Turnberry Castle , which dates from the 13th Century or earlier, and which may have been the birthplace of Robert The Bruce . Historic sub-regions of Ayrshire include: The Ayrshire breed of Cattle originated here, prior to 1800. Glasgow Prestwick International Airport , serving Glasgow , is located in Ayrshire. It has a niche in Rock history as the only place in Britain visited by Elvis , on his way home from Germany in 1960. LOCAL GOVERNMENT southbound]] See also Ayrshire , Cunninghame and Kyle . In 1975 the county council was abolished and the county area was divided between four new disticts within the two-tier , Great Cumbrae and Little Cumbrae , which had been administered previously as part of the county of Bute . In 1996 the two-tier system of Regions And Districts was abolished and Ayrshire was divided between the Unitary Council Areas of East Ayrshire , South Ayrshire , and North Ayrshire . North Ayrshire includes the Isle of Arran, and the Cumbrae islands. As the name of an electoral and valuation area ''Ayrshire'' means the three modern council areas. The same area is known as '' Ayrshire And Arran '' in other contexts. CONSTITUENCY There was an Ayrshire Constituency of the House Of Commons of the Parliament Of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament Of The United Kingdom from 1801 until 1868, when it was divided into the Ayrshire North Constituency and the Ayshire South Constituency . The Ayrshire towns of Ayr and Irvine were separate Parliamentary Burgh s, represented as two of the Ayr Burghs . SOME NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN IN AYRSHIRE
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