<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Girvan" class="extiw" title="w:en:Girvan">Girvan</a>, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Carrick" class="extiw" title="w:en:Carrick">Carrick</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:South_Ayrshire" class="extiw" title="w:en:South Ayrshire">South Ayrshire</a>, was originally a fishing port and in 1668, it became a municipal burgh incorporated by charter.  The opening of the railways, initially with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Maybole_and_Girvan_Railway" class="extiw" title="w:en:Maybole and Girvan Railway">Maybole and Girvan Railway</a> at the end of the 1850s, encouraged the development of Girvan as a seaside resort.  Beneath rolling hills to the East of the town Girvan’s long beach provides great views towards the islands of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Ailsa_Craig" class="extiw" title="w:en:Ailsa Craig">Ailsa Craig</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Arran" class="extiw" title="w:en:Arran">Arran</a> as well as, on a clear day, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Mull_of_Kintyre" class="extiw" title="w:en:Mull of Kintyre">The Mull of Kintyre</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Northern_Ireland" class="extiw" title="w:en:Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>.
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