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.
We have a detailed list of past Captains which was developed by late Captain Sandy Muir and updated by Bro Ian Dickson.
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
2022-25 - Gordon Storrar
2026... TBC