Allowa (Gaelic: Allmhaigh) is a umwhile veelage in Ayrshire, Scotland that is nou a suburb o Ayr. It lees soothlins fae Ayr, naur the moo o the river Doon on the Firth o Clyde.[1]

Famous Allowa fowk

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Rabbie Burns wis fae Allowa. There the Burns cottage (Burns cot hoose) in Allowa tae mynd o him. Anither pairt o Allowa that haes a link wi Burns is the Brig o Doon, a brig that gangs ower the river Doon an is gaun ower bi Tam O' Shanter in the eponymous poem.[2]

Soorces

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  1. "Alloway". Scottish Places. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  2. "Robert Burns". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 13 December 2020.

Coordinates: 55°25′58″N 4°38′00″W / 55.432691°N 4.633468°W / 55.432691; -4.633468