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Robert Burns was born on January 25th, 1759 in Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland.

“At the height of his literary celebrity, Robert Burns proudly informed a correspondent: ‘I was born a very poor man’s son’. Yet he became a legend in his short lifetime and an enduring international institution after his death.”

At the age of 15 Burns wrote what is believed to be his first verse “O, once I lov’d inspired by Nelly Kirkpatrick of Dalrymple, a bonnie, sweet, sonsie lass".

In April 1786 Burns sent his poems to John Wilson, a printer. On July 30, 1786 the Kilmarnock Edition of “Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect” was published, and the first issue of 612 copies was sold out in one month. Burns traveled to Edinburgh in November 1786, where his poems were already creating a stir. He was welcomed as a literary and social phenomenon, and in April 1787 an Edinburgh Edition of his poems was published. On May 4, 1787 Burns sent his first song to the engraver, James Johnson, for Johnson’s Scottish Musical Museum, a collection of traditional songs. He wrote more than 300 lyrics in the last ten years of his life.

Robert Burns died after a prolonged illness on July 21, 1796, at the age of 37.

Robert Burns is (unofficially) the National Bard of Scotland. Let us raise a wee dram of Scotch whisky to his memory!

The birthday of Scotland’s “national bard", Robert Burns, is January 25th. Celebrate with songs of Robert Burns, sung by Carl Peterson, Here. And don’t forget the haggis! We have excellent haggis by Caledonian Kitchen Here!

We also have presentation haggis. These 4lb and 8lb haggis, in a traditionally shaped casing, are perfect for your Robert Burns dinner. They are shipped frozen and can be purchased Here.

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