The Marymass Festival at Irvine is organised by Irvine Carters Society
and the Marymass Festival Committee
Marymass
- 3rd Sat. after 1st Mon. of Aug.
(2022: Aug.20)
with Fourth Port events on the previous Saturday
Facebook page:
Marymass Festival
For the programme, see
the Marymass Committee website
This is the website of the Irvine Carters Society.
Royal Gallery of Marymass Queens
In
the mid 1920s the people of Irvine were adjusting to the horror of the First
World War, and depression was part and parcel of everyday life. Marymass had
lost its religious associations; people tried hard to make ends meet; a general
strike was on the horizon. Out of the gloom, a number of Carters had other things
in mind. The then Captain, James Sloan, held a meeting - the agenda (an idea
of Mr P S Clark) was to bring Mary Queen of Scots and her four Marys into celebrations.
The year 1928 would be the first.
The photo on the left shows the crowning of Theresa Quinn in 1937 - note the War Memorial in its original position in the middle of the street.
Click any photo below to enlarge
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| Martha McHarg 1928 |
Agnes Plenderleith 1929 - photo provided via Andy Tremble in 2014 |
Ray Tanner 1930 |
Theresa Brady 1931 |
Stella Connor 1932 - identified in 2006 by Margaret Cairns & Marion Young, via 'Irvine Herald' |
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| Amelia Wyllie 1933 |
Jean McDonald 1934 |
Margaret ('Peggie') Gilmore 1935 |
May Wark 1936 |
Theresa Quinn 1937 - identified by Margaret Cairns, a 1937 Mary, via 'Irvine Herald' in 2006 |
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| Polly Wills 1938 |
Elizabeth Raeside 1939 |
Angela Craik 1946 |
Anne Mercer 1947 |
May Timpany 1948 |
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| May McGinn 1949 |
Jean McCulloch 1950 |
Rena Bell 1951 |
Rosemary Scott 1952 |
Isobel McKay 1953 |
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| Anne Dale 1954 |
Patricia Lynch 1955 |
May McColl 1956 |
Elaine Ballantyne 1957 |
Margaret Lamb 1958 |
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| Pamela Childes 1959 |
Mary Hall 1960 |
Elizabeth Quinn 1961 |
Wilma Hamilton 1962 |
Katrine ('Kay') Sutherland 1963 |
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| Frances O'Hagen Brown 1964 |
Elizabeth Chalmers 1965 |
Ailna McPhee 1966 |
Ann Myles 1967 |
Joanne Morrison 1968 |
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| Carol Salmon 1969 |
Eileen Martin 1970 with Miss Carnduff, whose shop stocked all the ribbons for horses |
Jacqueline Coyle 1971 |
Sandra Fulton 1972 |
Alicia Laughland 1973 (see 1999) |
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| Linda Smith 1974 |
June Watson 1975 |
Angela McDaid 1976 |
Elizabeth Ewing 1977 |
Dawn Phair 1978 |
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| Ann Marie Scott 1979 |
Audrey Hepburn 1980 |
Lesley Hood 1981 |
Caroline Burns 1982 |
Jacqueline Cherrie 1983 |
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| Lynn Coull 1984 |
Pamela Gallacher 1985 |
Pamela Jane Kirk 1986 and party |
Yvonne Allison 1987 |
Susanne Murphy 1988 |
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| Gillian Butler 1989 |
Kadeen Rae 1990 |
Nicola Campbell 1991 |
Kate McCoy 1992 |
Debbie Flannigan 1993 |
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| Jennifer Parker 1994 |
Alana Guidi 1995 |
Elizabeth Sutton 1996 |
Kerry Hedges 1997 |
Aimee McQueen 1998 |
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| Ashley Laughland 1999 (neice of Alicia 1973) |
Jennifer Dickson 2000 |
Jennifer Egan 2001 |
Stacey Kavanagh 2002 |
Jennifer Roger 2003 |
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| Siobhan King 2004 |
Stephanie McHallam 2005 |
Kate Milner 2006 |
Courtney Finnigan 2007 |
Kerri-Ann Murdoch 2008 |
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| Laurie Swan 2009 |
Vicky Burns 2010 |
Alanna McGinnis 2011 |
Emma Morrison 2012 |
Jordyn Leckie 2013 |
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| Ashleigh McLachlan 2014 |
Amy Kerr 2015 |
Abbi McLeish 2016 |
Payton McGrath 2017 |
2018, 2019 & 2022 |