GIRVAN, a market-town and burgh of barony in the county of Ayr, Scotland, on the left bank of the Girvan, near its mouth, 17 miles south by west of Ayr. The river here forms a small harbour, with 9 to 11 feet water. The houses are chiefly buildings of one story, and the inhabitants are mostly weavers for the Paisley and Glasgow manufacturers. A few are employed in fishing. They are generally very poor, and about two-thirds of them are Irish, or of Irish extraction. Market-day, Monday. Pop. (1851) 7319.