Robert Burns - Where it Began  It is fairly safe to say that, had it not been for the market fair held in Maybole High Street in 1756 where William Burnes met and fell in love with Agnes Broun, Scotland’s National Bard might never have existed. William and Agnes married in Maybole on 15th December 1757 and just over a year later, on 25th January 1759, Robert was born in nearby Alloway. Maybole celebrated the local connections and history associated with our National Bard with many events during 2007.  It has provided a lasting memorial to Burns’ parents and the bard himself in Maybole and will point to the start of the Burns’ trail in the centre of Maybole.