Fairlie is a small village within the administrative region of North Ayrshire, Scotland. North Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Tuath in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe and a constituent nation of the United Kingdom. ...
Fairlie sits on the shores of the Firth of Clyde and looks across to the Isle of Cumbrae. The Firth of Clyde is the estuary of the River Clyde, from its upper tidal limit in Glasgow city centre to the outer firth in Argyll and Ayrshire, Scotland. ... Great Cumbrae and other south-west coast islands Great Cumbrae (also known as Cumbrae or the Isle of Cumbrae) is an island in the lower Firth of Clyde, 4 Kilometers long by 2 Kilometers wide. ...
The Fife Yachts were built in Fairlie in the first half of the 20th Century and their maker, William Fife, was born and brought up in the village.
In recent years a succesion of industrial developments have stripped the village of its charm. A nuclear power station, deep sea shipping terminal and a NATO Base (housing a net to close the upper firth to submarines in the event of invasion!) have all been built along the shoreline.
Fairlie is a village in North Ayrshire, Scotland and has a population of just under 1000.
Fairlie is a small village situated on the North Ayrshire coast, approximately 2/3 miles South of Largs.
This piece of land was sub-divided among Richard's relatives and friends, and, in the 13th century the land of Fairlie was held by the de Ros (or Ross) family of Tarbert, the land to the North was held by the Boyles and to the South by the Sempills.
Fairlie Village, lying to the south of Largs, had a reputation as the "best village of the wealthy in Scotland" [Lord Cockburn in 1842].
Fairlie was renowned for the quality of the racing yachts produced by several generations of the Fife family, in a business on Bay Street which survived until the 1980s.
According to ancient records it would appear that Fairlie developed as a fishing village, as it had a good, sheltered anchorage which was fully used in the 16th century.
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