The Eglinton Ironworks Village, Kilwinning, Ayrshire
Built about 1850 and occupied until the 1930's

Behind the Store block in the foreground is the Double Row, which contained 43 two-apartment houses. The kitchen, which contained two beds, measured 12 x 10 feet, while the other room was only 10 x 8½ feet. The Cross Row, which ran across the top of the square, contained 15 similar houses. Running down the right hand side is the Single Row (so called because the houses had only one-room 17 x 10 feet) which contained 60 houses. In all, 128 houses without a break looked in towards each other across the square and on to the outhouses, which were only 15 feet from the front doors. Each outhouse contained one dry closet for each four households and one washing house for every eight. Behind the single Row was the Brick Row which contained 34 houses. Rents in 1913 were about 6 shillings per month.

Several of the Doyle family lived and died in these and similar cottages

Esther Doyle b.C.1841 in Ireland. Lived at Kenneth's Row at time of  Marriage to Peter Cooney 8th March 1873 at Kilwinning. Ayr's Scotland. (Poss with Grandchild?)

Esthers parents were Michael DOYLE b. Abt.1796 Of Ballykeel, Hillsborough, Down, Ireland Married to Rachel WILSON b. Abt 1800 Ireland. They lived at Double Row in the 1871 Census for  Kilwinning Ayrs.