Kilwinning

Kilwinning ( Scottish Gaelic: Cill Fhinnean / Cill Fhiongain ) is a town in North Ayrshire, Scotland with approximately 25,100 inhabitants.

In Eglinton Castle ( seat of the Earl of Eglinton ) is remembered mainly the big tournament of 1839. The old farmhouse has been converted into the Eglinton Country Park, which is open to visitors.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Colin Friels ( born 1952 ), Australian actor
  • Jim Galloway ( b. 1936 ), Canadian jazz musician
  • Colin Hay ( b. 1953 ), singer and frontman of Australian rock band Men at Work
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