Carrickfergus
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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
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Carrickfergus
- UK place.irish_name
- Carraig Fhearghais
- UK place.scots_name
- Carrick Craigfergus
- UK place.map_type
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.population
- 28,141
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 census)
- UK place.unitary_northern_ireland
- Mid and East Antrim District
- UK place.country
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.post_town
- CARRICKFERGUS
- UK place.postcode_area
- BT
- UK place.postcode_district
- BT38
- UK place.dial_code
- 028 93
- UK place.constituency_ni_assembly
- East Antrim
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- East Antrim
- UK place.lieutenancy_northern_ireland
- County Antrim
- UK place.static_image_name
- Carrickfergus Castle, reflections at sunset - geograph.org.uk - 1098306.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Carrickfergus Castle at sunset
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Encyclopedic overview
22 sectionsContents
- History
- Middle Ages
- Early modern era
- Modern era
- The Troubles
- Carrickfergus in song and poetry
- Demography
- 2021 census
- 2011 census
- Transport
- Politics
- Schools and education
- Sports
- Media
- Notable residents
- Historical
- 20th century
- Contemporary
- Twin towns – sister cities
- See also
- References
- External links
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 Carrickfergus Borough Council, before this was amalgamated into the Mid and East Antrim District Council in 2015, and forms part of the Belfast Metropolitan Area. It is also a townland of 65 acres, a civil parish and a barony.
==History== thumb|Castle and dock of Carrickfergus in 1830
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carrickfergus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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