Places of Worship
Kilbirnie has a wide variety of places of worship within the Christian spectrum with one Brethren Assembly (and also one in Glengarnock), two Church of Scotland churches, Jehovah's Witnesses meeting room (Glengarnock), Salvation Army Citadel and a Roman Catholic church, as well as links to evangelical groups. The Mission Hall has been demolished in recent years.
The Kirk
"Auld Kirk" is one of the oldest churches still in use both pre- and post-Reformation. The Kirk is a tourist attraction, containing the Crawfurd Gallery, as well as a mausoleum to the Crawfurd family in its grounds. Crawfurd Castle at "Place" remains in ruins. Robert Burns allegedly came to the blacksmiths near the Kirk. Opposite the church sits one of the oldest surviving farmhouses on the corner. A book is available on its history by John Lachland. It is from this site of the present church that Kilbirnie takes its name. Guided tours are run at specified times.
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