Old photograph of the lawn bowling green in Cairnryan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Cairnryan is notable these days for its two modern ferry terminals connecting Scotland to Northern Ireland. Into the 1800s, Cairnryan was an important staging post on the coach route to Ayr, Ayrshire, with half a dozen inns along this short stretch of coast. It also achieved a less desirable reputation as a haunt of highwaymen preying on that same passing traffic. Scottish bowlers developed the present flat green game, established rules, worked out a uniform code of laws, and were instrumental in saving the game for posterity. The ancient game of bowls has always been dear to the heart of every true Scot, and it has always held a prominent place in the history and literature of Scotland. To the Scots goes the credit also for giving the game an international background, as emigrant Scots enthusiastically carried the game with them to all parts of the world. Today there are more than 200 public bowling greens in the City of Glasgow alone.
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