Kirkbean (Scottish Gaelic: Cille Bheathain) is a Scottish village and civil parish on the Solway Firth, in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire and council area of Dumfries and Galloway.

In the 2001 census, the four small villages making up the parish of Kirkbean had a total population of 643.

The parish was the departure point for thousands of Scots seeking a better life in the American and Australian colonies during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

[2][3][4] In birth order: The local beaches and the bird-rich merse (salt marsh), where large numbers of seabirds live or over-winter, are part of the natural heritage of the parish.

It was the oldest church in the combined parish of Colvend, Southwick and Kirkbean before it closed for public services in November 2010.