Carrickfergus

Carrickfergus is a town 12 miles northeast of Belfast, historically in , with a population in 2021 of 28,000. Its main attraction is the sturdy 12th-century Norman castle.
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  • Type: Town with 27,900 residents
  • Description: town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland
  • Also known as: “Carrick” and “Carrickfergus, County Antrim”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Clipperstown railway station and Downshire railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the west of Carrickfergus in , Northern Ireland. Clipperstown station is within walking distance of the larger , however road connections between the two are much more complicated.

Railway station
Photo: Aubrey Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves eastern Carrickfergus in , Northern Ireland. This station opened on 1 April 1925 and was known for most of its early life as Downshire Park.

Photo: ArchiveCarrickfergus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , also known as the Andrew Jackson Cottage, is the ancestral home of Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the . It is located in the village of Boneybefore in , .

Carrickfergus

Latitude
54.7136° or 54° 42′ 49″ north
Longitude
-5.8073° or 5° 48′ 26″ west
Population
27,900
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB CFG
Open location code
9C6PP57V+C3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 267762843
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2653680
Wiki­data ID
Q1020354
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Carrickfergus” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Carrickfergus”
  • Arabic: “كيركفرغس”
  • Asturian: “Carrickfergus”
  • Basque: “Carrickfergus”
  • Belarusian: “Карыкфергус”
  • Belarusian: “Карыкфэрг’юс”
  • Bulgarian: “Карикфъргъс”
  • Catalan: “Carrickfergus”
  • Cebuano: “Carrickfergus (kapital sa distrito sa Hiniusang Gingharian)”
  • Cebuano: “Carrickfergus”
  • Chinese: “卡域克費格斯”
  • Chinese: “卡里克弗格斯”
  • Czech: “Carrickfergus”
  • Czech: “Fergusova skála”
  • Danish: “Carrickfergus”
  • Dutch: “Carrickfergus”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاريكفرجس”
  • Esperanto: “Carrickfergus”
  • French: “Carrickfergus”
  • German: “Carraig Fhearghais”
  • German: “Carrickfergus”
  • Greek: “Καρικφέργκους”
  • Hebrew: “קאריקפרגוס”
  • Hungarian: “Carrickfergus”
  • Irish: “Carraig Fhearghais”
  • Italian: “Carrickfergus”
  • Japanese: “カリックファーガス”
  • Japanese: “キャリクファーガス”
  • Japanese: “キャリックファーガス”
  • Korean: “캐릭퍼거스”
  • Latin: “Rupes Fergusii”
  • Latvian: “Karikfērgusa”
  • Lithuanian: “Karikfergusas”
  • Malay: “Carrickfergus”
  • Northern Frisian: “Carrickfergus”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Carraig Fhearghais”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Carrickfergus”
  • Persian: “کاریکفرگوس”
  • Polish: “Carrickfergus”
  • Portuguese: “Carrickfergus”
  • Romanian: “Districtul Carrickfergus”
  • Russian: “Каррикфергус”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Carraig Fhearghais”
  • Slovak: “Carrickfergus”
  • Slovenian: “Carrickfergus”
  • Spanish: “Carrickfergus”
  • Swedish: “Carrickfergus”
  • Urdu: “کیرکفیرگس”
  • Yue Chinese: “卡域克費格斯”

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