Carrickfergus

Carrickfergus ( , meaning "Fergus' rock") is a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It sits on the north shore of Belfast Lough, from Belfast. The town had a population of 28,141 at the 2021 census. It is County Antrim's oldest town and one of the oldest towns in Ireland as a whole. Carrickfergus Castle, built in the late 12th century at the behest of Anglo-Norman knight John de Courcy, was the capital of the Earldom of Ulster. After the earldom's collapse, it remained the only English outpost in Ulster for the next four centuries. Carrickfergus was the administrative centre for Carr

intertidal inlet in Northern Ireland

Irish castle

district of Northern Ireland

series of riots in Loyalist areas of Northern Ireland in March–April 2021

one of the 11 local government districts of Northern Ireland established 2015

Irish folk song

railway station in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

Title in the peerage of Northern Ireland

1760 battle

1597 battle