village is served by Kilpatrick railway station on the North Clyde Line. There are three public houses within Old Kilpatrick; The Twisted Thistle, The Ettrick and the Glen Lusset. The Twisted Thistle was previously known as the Telstar. After the closure of The Telstar, the building was renovated and reopened in 2014 as The Twisted Thistle. There are two annual fêtes which are well attended. Also at the north end of Old Kilpatrick is the local school. Gavinburn Primary School (which was bombed in WW2) where they also have many fêtes annually. The minerals edingtonite and thomsonite were first found at Old Kilpatrick. In the early 1990s a large housing estate was constructed at the edge of Old Kilpatrick, the one estate was said to double the size of Old Kilpatrick. The ancient graveyard surrounding the old parish church still has surviving gravestones from the 17th century. The current building dates from 1812 and is still in use as the local Church of Scotland parish church, now linked with neighbouring Bowling Parish Church. The local Roman Catholic church is St. Patrick's RC Church; the current parish priest is Fr. Francis Wilson. A fire in August 2015 saw the RC congregation temporarily without a place to worship, taking up the kind offer of the nearby Church of Scotland congregation to use their building, a friendly act of ecumenism in part of Scotland traditionally torn by bigotry. There are plans to develop a marine technology hub at the former Royal Navy oil refinery and a wooded community area near the village. Notable people Many soldiers from Old Kilpatrick perished during the First World War. Colonel Andrew Geils, one time Commandant (interim Governor) of Van Diemen's Land (subsequently Tasmania) and owner of the nearby estate of Dumbuck is buried in the Parish churchyard along with several other family members Chris Baillie, athlete Bobby Finan, footballer Ian Niall, or John McNeillie, author of The Wigtown Ploughman, was born here. This is one of several locations that it is suggested that Saint Patrick of Ireland was captured at and enslaved in Ireland in the 5th century. Aidan Quinn – Fastest Deliveroo Rider in the UK 2019 See also Bodinbo Island Donald's Quay St Patrick's Rock References External links Video footage of Ferrydyke Quay and Bascule Bridge. Video footage of Donald's Quay Stables, Ferrydyke Quay. Villages in West Dunbartonshire Clydebank Civil parishes of Scotland Greater Glasgow