Caroline Smith, NTS operations manager at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway, South Ayrshire, said: “This list features some of my personal favourites from our collection. “It seems to be ...

Unlike our past Villages of the Week, Alloway is not a village at all but rather a suburb of Ayr — though it used to be its own village in the time of Robert Burns. Despite its small size ...

Robert (or Robbie or Rabbie) Burns. Burns was born on Jan. 25, 1759, in Alloway, Scotland. His first book of poetry was published in 1786. By the time he passed in 1796, he wrote hundreds of ...

Robert Burns, who was born in Alloway, Ayrshire in 1759, is Scotland’s national poet and well-known globally for writing Auld Lang Syne, a popular song used to mark the beginning of the new year.

Born in Alloway, Ayrshire, on January 25 ... you should know about about his short life and enduring poetry. 1. Robert Burns wrote his first poem when he was just 15. As might be expected of ...

Robert Burns died in Dumfries in 1796 and moved from ... One is held at Edinburgh University and another at the Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway.

The Robert Burns Birthplace Museum is hosting a series of free talks exploring the poet's legacy and connections.

Five years after the death of Robert Burns, the first Burns supper was held in his birthplace, Alloway. In July 1801, haggis and sheep’s head were served while a group of the poet’s close ...