Northumbria had established a bishopric among the Southern Picts at Abercorn in 681, under Bishop Trumwine.
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn | Alexandra Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn | Abercorn | Paisley Abercorn railway station | James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn | John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn | James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn | James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn |
The 1895–96 Scottish Second Division was won by Abercorn with Linthouse finishing bottom.
Dunlop played for Sandyford, Hurlford, Annbank, Kilmarnock and Abercorn before being signed by Liverpool managers John McKenna and W. E. Barclay in January 1895 for £35.
He is the great-grandson of Alexander McLardie who played professional football with Abercorn, St. Mirren and Burnley.
In 1866, he was appointed Viceroy of Ireland, and two years later was created Marquess of Hamilton (in the Peerage of the United Kingdom) and Duke of Abercorn (in the Peerage of Ireland), resigning shortly after Gladstone won the 1868 general election.
James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn PC (Ire) (London, 22 October 1712 – 9 October 1789, Boroughbridge), was a Scottish and Irish nobleman, the eldest son of James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn and Anne Plumer.
The original terminus station in Paisley was Hamilton Street, but for passengers it was replaced by Abercorn station when the line was regauged and became a branch line.
In April 1985 the Battalion redeployed to Abercorn Barracks, Ballykinler, Northern Ireland and was heavily committed in domestic duties, maintaining law and order, particularly in the terrorist plagued countryside of South Armagh.