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'''Maybole''' ({{lang-gd|Am Magh Baoghail}}, {{IPA-gd|ə maɣ pɯː.al|pron}}) is a [[burgh of barony]] and police burgh of [[South Ayrshire]], Scotland. Pop. (2001) 4,552. It is situated {{convert|9|mi|km}} south of Ayr and {{convert|50|mi|km}} southwest of [[Glasgow]] by the [[Glasgow and South Western Railway]].

[[Image:Maybolecross.jpg|left|170px|thumb|The head of the old Maybole Cross in the gardens of Maybole Castle in 2005. The cross bears the coats of arms of the Kennedy family of Cassillis and has a rare Moon dial on another face out of view.]]
[[Image:Maybolecollege.jpg|left|150px|thumb|St.Cuthbert's collegiate church in 2005.]]
[[File:Maybole Collegiate church 1789.jpg|left|thumb|170px|St. Cuthberts in 1789.]]
It is an ancient place, having received a charter from [[Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick]] in 1193. In 1516 it was made a [[burgh of regality]], but for generations it remained under the subjection of the [[Kennedy clan|Kennedys]], afterwards [[Earl of Cassillis|Earls of Cassillis]] and (later) [[Marquess of Ailsa|Marquesses of Ailsa]], the most powerful family in Ayrshire. The current [[Archibald Angus Charles Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa|Marquess of Ailsa]] lives at Cassillis House, just outside Maybole. The ancestral seat of the Marquesses of Ailsa is [[Culzean Castle]], now run by [[National Trust for Scotland|The National Trust for Scotland]] and located just a few miles from Maybole. In former times, Maybole was the capital of the district of [[Carrick, Scotland|Carrick]], and for long its characteristic feature was the family mansions of the barons of Carrick. [[Maybole Castle]], a former seat of the Earls of Cassillis, still remains. The public buildings include the town-hall, the Ashgrove and the Lumsden fresh-air fortnightly homes, and the Maybole combination poorhouse.

The town is served by [[Maybole railway station]]. The leading manufactures are of boots and shoes and agricultural implements. Two miles to the south-west are the ruins of [[Crossraguel]] (from ''Crois Riaghail'' meaning 'Cross of St Regulus' ) Abbey, founded about 1240.

'''Kirkoswald''', where [[Robert Burns]] spent his seventeenth year, learning land-surveying, lies a little farther west. In the parish churchyard lie the real people who inspired two of Burn's fictitious characters [[Douglas Graham]] ([[Tam o' Shanter (Burns poem)|Tam o' Shanter]]) and [[John Davidson (poet)|John Davidson]] ([[Souter Johnnie]]). Four miles to the west of Maybole on the coast is [[Culzean Castle]], the chief seat of the marquess of Ailsa, dating from 1777; it stands on a basaltic cliff, beneath which are the [[Coves of Culzean]], once the retreat of outlaws and a resort of the fairies. Farther south are the ruins of [[Turnberry Castle]], where [[Robert the Bruce]] is said to have been born. A few miles to the north of Culzean are the ruins of [[Dunure Castle]], an ancient stronghold of the Kennedys.
[[Image:Maybolehousing.jpg|right|160px|thumb| New housing on the site of the old St. Cuthbert's shoe factory.]]
[[Margaret McMurray]] (??-1760), one of the last native speakers of a [[Scottish Lowlands|Lowland]] dialect of [[Scottish Gaelic]] is recorded to have lived at Cultezron (not to be confused with nearby Culzean), a farm on the outskirts of Maybole.

The secondary school for Maybole is [[Carrick Academy]].

The local football club, [[Maybole F. C.]], play at Ladywell Stadium.

The lyrics of [[The Waterboys]]' 'Glastonbury Song' include:

"I dreamed myself from the sultry plains

To the old green square back in old Maybole ..."

==Notable residents==
*[[Sir William Montgomery-Cuninghame, 9th Baronet|Sir William Montgomery-Cuninghame]], recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]]

==Twin towns==
* {{Flagicon|Belgium}} [[Belœil]], Belgium
* {{Flagicon|France}} [[Crosne, Essonne|Crosne]], France
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Schotten]], Germany
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Arco, Trentino]], Italy

==References==
*{{1911}}

{{commons category|Maybole}}

==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXPA-giKFw8 Video on the Collegiate Church of St Mary]
* [http://www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk/about/maybole/ About Maybole]
*[http://www.maybole.org/ Maybole Home Page]

*[http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst480.html Its page in the Gazetteer for Scotland]
* [http://www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk/ South Ayrshire Council]

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