Kilmarnock, Scotland - Definition

Kilmarnock is a burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland, with a population of about 40,000. It is roughly between Glasgow and Ayr.

Its traditional industries were carpets and other textiles. It has a prison, HMP Kilmarnock, and a football club named Kilmarnock F.C., it is also home to Johnnie Walker's Scotch whisky.

The first collection of work by Scottish poet Robert Burns, Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect was published here in 1786. This edition of his work is known as the Kilmarnock Edition.

In the Castle of Kilmarnock, Dean Castle [1] (http://freespace.virgin.net/kilmarnock.org.uk/dean.html), there is a famous exhibition of ancient music instruments.