Carrick
Appearance
Carrick is an Anglicised version of creag/carraig, Gaelic for "rock", and may refer to:
People
[edit]- Carrick (surname)
- Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick (died 1250), Scottish Mormaer and first Earl of Carrick
- Marjorie of Carrick (1256–1292), mother of Robert the Bruce and Countess of Carrick
- Niall of Carrick (died 1256), Scottish Mormaer and second Earl of Carrick
Places
[edit]Australia
[edit]Canada
[edit]- Carrick, Ontario, part of South Bruce, Ontario since 1999
- Carrick, Manitoba, a community within the Rural Municipality of Piney
Ireland (Republic)
[edit]County Westmeath
[edit]- Carrick, County Westmeath (civil parish), a civil parish in the barony of Fartullagh, County Westmeath
- Carrick, Fartullagh, a townland in the civil parish of Carrick, barony of Fartullagh, County Westmeath
- Carrick, Lackan, a townland in the civil parish of Lackan, barony of Corkaree, County Westmeath
- Carrick, Noughaval, a townland in the civil parish of Noughaval, barony of Kilkenny West, County Westmeath
- Carrick, St Mary's, a townland in the civil parish of St Mary's, barony of Fore, County Westmeath
Elsewhere in the Republic of Ireland
[edit]- Carrick, County Donegal, a village
- Carrick, County Kildare, a civil parish
- Carrick-on-Shannon, a town in County Leitrim
- Carrick Mountain, a mountain in County Wicklow
- Carrick-on-Suir, a town in County Tipperary
United Kingdom
[edit]- Carrick, Cornwall, a former local government district
- Carrick Heaths, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cornwall
- Carrick Roads, an estuary in Cornwall, 3rd largest deep-water natural harbour in the world
- Carrick, Scotland
- Carrick Castle (village) in Argyll and Bute, Scotland
- Carrick, County Armagh, a townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
- Carrick, County Fermanagh, a townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
- Carrick, County Londonderry, a civil parish and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
- Carrick, County Tyrone, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
- Carrick (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
United States
[edit]- Carrick, California
- Carrick (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania
Titles
[edit]- Earl of Carrick, title of a medieval Scottish provincial ruler
- Earl of Carrick (Ireland), title in the peerage of Ireland
Other uses
[edit]- City of Adelaide (1864), also known as HMS Carrick, a clipper ship
- Carrick bend, a knot
- Carrick Church, located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
- Carrack-class light cruiser, a fictional ship class in Star Wars video games
See also
[edit]- Carrack, a type of mediaeval sailing ship