Carrickfergus

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Carrickfergus is a historic coastal town in Northern Ireland, best known for its well-preserved medieval castle on the shores of Belfast Lough.

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Label Occurrences
Carrickfergus canonical 11
CARRICKFERGUS 1
Carrickfergus (historical association) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal town
settlement
town
category Coastal towns in Northern Ireland
Port cities and towns of the Irish Sea
Towns in County Antrim
constituencyNIAssembly East Antrim
constituencyWestminster East Antrim
country United Kingdom
dialCode 028
directionFromBelfast north-east
distanceFromBelfast about 11 miles
etymology name derives from Irish Carraig Fhearghais
formerDistrict Carrickfergus Borough Council
hasCoatOfArms coat of arms of Carrickfergus Borough (historical)
hasHarbour Carrickfergus Marina
hasLandmark Carrickfergus Castle
hasPromenade seafront promenade along Belfast Lough
hasRailwayStation Carrickfergus railway station
hasReligiousBuilding St Nicholas’ Church
St Nicholas’ Church of Ireland
hasSecondarySchool Carrickfergus Academy
Carrickfergus Grammar School
Ulidia Integrated College
historicalEvent besieged multiple times in medieval and early modern periods
landing of William III in 1690 nearby
historicalSignificance important medieval stronghold
one of the oldest towns in County Antrim
knownFor coastal location
historic town centre
well-preserved medieval castle
language English
Irish (historical)
Ulster Scots language
surface form: Ulster Scots (historical and local)
locatedIn County Antrim
Northern Ireland
locatedOn Belfast Lough
north shore of Belfast Lough
nearbyCity Belfast
partOf Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
postalTown Carrickfergus self-linksurface differs
surface form: CARRICKFERGUS
railwayLine Belfast–Larne line
surface form: Belfast–Larne railway line
region Ulster
sovereignState United Kingdom
sportsClub Carrick Rangers F.C.
Carrickfergus Cricket Club
tourism popular day-trip destination from Belfast

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County Antrim contains Carrickfergus
Battle off Carrickfergus tookPlaceNear Carrickfergus
this entity surface form: Carrickfergus, County Antrim
Mid and East Antrim Borough contains Carrickfergus
Whitehead locatedNear Carrickfergus
Carrickfergus Castle locatedIn Carrickfergus
Baron Carrickfergus associatedWith Carrickfergus
Baron Carrickfergus hasPartOfTitle Carrickfergus
Baron Carrickfergus namedAfter Carrickfergus
Baron Carrickfergus hasJurisdictionOver Carrickfergus
this entity surface form: Carrickfergus (historical association)
Larne hasNearbyTown Carrickfergus
Carrickfergus postalTown Carrickfergus self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: CARRICKFERGUS
Belfast Lough adjacentToSettlement Carrickfergus