Carrickfergus

/ (ˌkærɪkˈfɜːɡəs) /

noun

a town in E Northern Ireland, in Carrickfergus district, Co Antrim; historic settlement of Scottish Protestants on Belfast Lough; Norman castle. Pop: 27 201 (2001)

a district of E Northern Ireland, in Co Antrim. Pop: 37 659 (2001). Area: 83 sq km (32 sq miles)

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Finally the ghost urged Taverner to bring the case into Court, and it came up for trial at Carrickfergus.

Irish Witchcraft and Demonology |St. John D. (St. John Drelincourt) Seymour
It was not, however, till the afternoon of the fourteenth of June that he landed at Carrickfergus.

The History of England from the Accession of James II. |Thomas Babington Macaulay
He died on the 19th of February 1625 and was buried at Carrickfergus.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 |Various
It seems, however, that even Schomberg's withdrawal to Carrickfergus failed to arouse him to more vigorous and valiant measures.

Ireland, Historic and Picturesque |Charles Johnston

He surveyed Clandeboye and Ards, and declared them the shire of Carrickfergus—an arrangement afterwards departed from.

Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3) |Richard Bagwell

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Carrickfergus

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