History of Irvine Carters' Society
Irvine Carters' Society have been involved in Marymass since the 18th Century. A Captain is chosen each year on the opening evening of the festival, with the winner then announced to the public at Irvine Townhouse.
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We have a detailed list of past Captains which was developed by late Captain Sandy Muir and updated by Bro Ian Dickson.
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Further information can be sourced directly from Irvine Carters' Society.
Captains of Irvine Carters' Society 1777-2023
1775-76 - William Malcolm
1777-78 - David Blair
1779-81 - John Dunlop
1782-83 - Peter Anderson
1784-86 - George Wills
1787-89 - James Wallace
1790-93 - J Watt
1794-95 - J Bruce
1796-97 - Thomas Watt
1798 - John ---(?)
1799-1800 - James Watt
1805-06 - James Smith
1815-16 - Adam Arthur
1816-39 - names illegible
1840-41 - Robert Watt
1842-45 - Thomas McLatchie
1846-49 - Robert Smith
1850 - George Boyd
1851-52 - James Parker
1853-54 - James Longmuir
1855-60 - Alexander McAlpine
1861 - James Sinclair
1862-64 - Alexander McAlpine
1865-68 - James Watson
1869-71 - George Dickie
1872-74 - John McCall
1875-76 - Robert Cousar
1877-78 - John McCall
1879-81 - Robert Cousar
1882-84 - William Cousar
1885-86 - Robert Caldwell
1887-88 - David Cousar
1889 - Robert Caldwell
1890-93 - John Cousar
1894-1900 - James Kyle
1901-04 - George Watt
1905-07 - Walter Muir
1908-10 - John Cousar
1911 - John McEwan
1912-18 - John Parker
1919-22 - Robert Cousar
1923 - Harold Ryrie
1924-26 - James Sloan
1928-33 - Sam Anderson
1934-37 - John McDermid
1938-39 & 1946 - Robert Elliot
1947-50 - George Donaldson
1951-54 - James Dunlop
1955-59 - Tom Parker
1960-63 - Archibald McAllister
1964-67 - Alex Burns
1968-70 - Sam McEwan
1971-73 - George Donaldson
1974-78 - Jack Allan
1979-82 - George Robertson
1983-84 - Bert Gibson
1985-87 - Tom Gorman
1988-90 - Jim Williamson
1991-96 - Sandy Muir
1997-03 - Andy Tremble
2004 - Hugh Kerr
2005-07 - John Rorison
2008-13 - Danny Kerr
2014 - Willie McColl, then (interim) Danny Kerr
2015-21 - Danny Kerr
2022-23 - Gordon Storrar