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Kilmarnock ((スコットランド・ゲール語:Cille Mheàrnaig), "Meàrnag's church") is a large burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland with a population of 46,350,〔Brinkhoff (2007)〕 making it the 15th most populated place in Scotland〔(General Register Office for Scotland - Settlements and Localities - Mid-2008 ). Gro-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved on 16 July 2013.〕〔. Kilmarnock Standard. Retrieved on 16 July 2013.〕〔(Keep Johnnie Walker in Kilmarnock ). Scotland.gov.uk (15 July 2009). Retrieved on 2013-07-16.〕〔()〕 In recent years, Kilmarnock has boomed for musical acts and film locations. Rock band Biffy Clyro were formed in the town in a primary school in the late 1990s. The 2001 film, ''Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat'' (2001) was shot in the town as was ''Manhunt'' (2004).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Manhunt (TV Series 2004– ) )〕 == History == The name Kilmarnock comes from the Gaelic ''cill'' (''cell''), and the name of Saint Marnoch or Mernoc who is also remembered in the name of Portmarnock in Ireland and Inchmarnock. It may come from the three Gaelic elements ''mo'', 'my', ''Ernán'' (name of the saint) and the diminutive ''ag'', giving ''Church of My Little Ernán''. It is believed by some that the saint founded a church there in the 7th century. There are 12 Church of Scotland congregations in the town, plus other denominations. In 2005, the Reverend David W. Lacy, minister of the town's Henderson Church, was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. The core of the early town appears to have lain around what is now the Laigh Kirk, Kilmarnock (Low Church), although the oldest parts of the current building are no earlier than the 17th century, extending north and northwest. In 1668 the town was largely destroyed by an accidental fire. About 120 families lost most of their possessions and were forced to live destitute in the fields surrounding the town. These tradespeople had no other way of making a living and had already been driven to the edge of poverty by having troops stationed with them as part of the anti-Covenanter measures. Parish churches throughout Scotland collected money for the relief of these homeless citizens.〔Chamber, Robert (1885). ''Domestic Annals of Scotland''. Edinburgh : W & R Chambers. p. 316.〕 A comparatively modest settlement until the Industrial Revolution, Kilmarnock extended considerably from around 1800 onwards. This resulted in formal, planned developments such as King Street, Portland Street, Saint Marnock Street and latterly John Finnie Street; the last often suggested as one of the finest Victorian planned streets in Scotland. The Sandbed Street Bridge is the oldest known surviving bridge in the area. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kilmarnock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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