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Robert Burns Links

Here are a number of links to other Burns Clubs and places to find more information on Burns

The Burns Federation - Sections include The Beginner's Guide, Expert Analysis, articles on the Burns Supper, and Index of Poems, with English Translation and Burns Letters.

www.worldburnsclub.com


Canada & US sites

Robert Burns Association of North America (RBANA) - History of the Association, a Photo Gallery, Newletter, Calendar of Events, and a Guest Book

www.rbana.com


 Calgary Burns Club - Club Activities, Burns Dinner, Recital Competition, Club History, Papers & Articles

www.twinnavion.com/BurnsClub


  The Heather and Thistle Society of Houston - Texas members of RBANA The Heather and Thistle Society was founded in 1953 by Scots living in Houston who wished to "cultivate an interest in and fond recollections of Scotland, its history and traditions, its literature and ideals, its minstrelsy and song, its customs and amusements; and to provide opportunities for good fellowship and social contact through typically Scottish functions, so that the blessing of our Scottish culture may never die in our new homeland". 

www.heatherandthistle.org


Milwaukee Burns Club - Hosts of the 2005 RBANA Conference. Completeworks of Robert Burns, indexed by title, first line, genre, biography, glossary of 2,000 words of Scots dialect and a "concordance" - all the words in Burns poems listed alphabetically and linked to the poems in which they appear.

www.milwburnsclub.org/


Robert Burns Club of San Diego

www.robertburnsclubofsd.org


Burnsbrown.jpg (35050 bytes)The Robert Burns Society of the Midlands (Columbia SC)

www.rbsm.org


Scottish Clubs

 

Alamo Burns Club #944  - A Paisley Burns Club founded in 1973 at the Alamo Bar, where it continues to meet.    

http://alamoburnsclub.org.uk


Alexandria Burns Club - #2 in the Federation Roles - founded 1884 in the Vale of Leven (near Loch Lomond)

www.robertburns.org.uk


 Bridgeton Burns Club - A Glasgow area Burns Club. The club was Founded in 1870 and is Number 49 on the role of the Burns Federation.

www.bridgetonburnsclub.org.uk


Bowhill Peoples Burns Club - Bowhill is a former mining village in Fife, located between Kirkaldy, the hometown of the great Scottish economist Adam Smith, and Dunfermline, the hometown of steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.  The club 's new website has some interesting features, on Bowhill, and a fun quiz section.

www.bowhillpeoplesburnsclub.co.uk 


The Burns Howff Club -formed in the Globe Inn, Dumfries, south west Scotland in 1889, and meets on the 25th January each year to celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns in 1759 with a "Burns Supper". The Club takes its name from a reference by Robert Burns to the Globe Inn being his favourite "Howff", an old Scottish term for a meeting place.

www.burnshowffclub.org


Cumbernauld & District Burns Club - #581 in the Federation Roles - founded 1942 18 miles north east of Glasgow

www.cumbernauldburnsclub.com


 Cupar Burns ClubFounded 1884 in the former Royal Burgh in the Kingdom of Fife.

www.cuparburnsclub.org.uk


Dalry Burns Club - Has the longest continuous record of anniversary suppers in the world.

www.dalryburnsclub.org


Dumbarton Burns Club #10  - One of the world's oldest clubs it was formed on the centenary of Burns' birth in January, 1859.     

www.dumbartonburnsclub.com


Dundonald Burns Club - Innaugurated 1962 in Dundonald, SW Ayrshire.

www.burnsclub.org


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Irvine Burns ClubThe club has an unbroken history dating back to its formation on 2nd June 1826. Of the twelve founding members of the club five were known to Robert Burns, two of whom were close friends of the poet

www.irvineayrshire.org/burns/


 Inveraray Burns Club #2057  - The club was Founded in 2006.  Inverary is a a town on the shores of Loch Fyne, on the West Cpast of Scotland.  The "Gateway to Argyll" is known for Inverary Castle, the seat of Clan Campbell, and home of the Duke of Argyll.  The 9th Duke, the son-in-law of Queen Victoria, while Marquis of Lorne served as Governor-General of Canada.     

www.inverarayburnsclub.org.uk


The Paisley Burns Club -founded in 1805,  the club "is the world's oldest formally constituted Burns Club."   The club meets in the cottage once owned by Robert Tanahill, Paisley's world famous poet and songwriter, the founder and first secretary of the club.

www.paisleyburnsclub.org.uk


Perth Burns Club - one of Perth, Scotland's oldest societies.
Established in 1873 as a gentlemen's literary society and re-formed in 1977as a mixed club after being in abeyance from the outbreak of World War II, Perth Burns Club has had an eventful history and is open to all who share an interest in the culture and heritage of Scotland.

www.geocities.com/perthburnsclub