Carrickfergus

Carrickfergus
Carraig Fhearghais

Carrickfergus

Location in Northern Ireland

Basic data

Part of the country

Northern Ireland

county

Antrim

District

Mid and East Antrim

Residents

27,201 (2001)

POSTCODE:

BT38

Carrickfergus Castle

54.715972222222 -5.8081972222222Coordinates: 54 ° 43 ′ N , 5 ° 48 ′ W

Carrickfergus ( Irish Carraig Fhearghais - "Fergus' rocks") is a Northern Irish town in the north of Belfast Lough .

geography

Carrickfergus is located in Antrim eleven kilometers northeast of the capital Belfast facing south to the sea and was the administrative seat of the former District Carrickfergus , the 2015 District Mid and East Antrim opened.

Carrickfergus has a marina and the Andrew Jackson Center , which commemorates the US President Andrew Jackson , whose parents left Carrickfergus as emigrants .

history

One of Carrickfergus' attractions is Carrickfergus Castle , a Norman castle on a black basalt cliff built by John de Courcy in 1180 .

The city is best known for the Battle of Carrickfergus in the Nine Years War .

Musical processing

The Irish folk song Carrickfergus , which is about a lost and unattainable love, is a translation from the Irish and comes from Munster . It has been interpreted by numerous musicians, including Bryan Ferry , Joan Baez , The Dubliners , Declan Galbraith , The Chieftains , Van Morrison , Subway to Sally (in German translation), Charlotte Church (in German translation), Hannes Wader (also in German translation ) Celtic Woman , The Piano Has Been Drinking in Cologne dialect and Loreena McKennitt .

Baron Carrickfergus

Prince William bears the title of Baron Carrickfergus

On the occasion of his wedding on April 29, 2011, Queen Elizabeth II named her grandson William together with the superordinate titles Duke of Cambridge and Earl of Strathearn as " Baron Carrickfergus ". Baron Carrickfergus is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . A title " Viscount Chichester , of Carrickfergus," was created as early as 1625, the title is now used as a subordinate title by the Marquess of Donegall . A title " Baron Ennishowen and Carrickfergus " was created in 1841 for the third Marquess of Donegall, George Hamilton Chichester (1797-1883). He was inherited by his brother Edward Chichester (1799-1889), but the barony reverted to the crown. At the same time, the title Prince Williams literally shows the relationship to his father Charles , who has that of the Earl of Carrick as a subordinate title .

Sports

Twin cities

Personalities of the place

Alastair Seeley (* 1979), motorcycle racer

Web links

Commons : Carrickfergus - collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of the castle at the Mid and East Antrim Council

Individual evidence

^ Francis Xavier Martin: The Normans: Arrival and settlement (1169 – c.1300) . In: Theodore W. Moody, Francis Xavier Martin (eds.): The course of Irish history . Mercier Press, Cork, 17th ed. 1987, ISBN 0-85342-715-1 , pp. 123-143, here p. 136.
^ Royal wedding revives Irish connections as Prince William becomes Baron Carrickfergus . In: Belfast Telegraph , April 29, 2011.

[1] Francis Xavier Martin: The Normans: Arrival and settlement (1169 – c.1300) . In: Theodore W. Moody, Francis Xavier Martin (eds.): The course of Irish history . Mercier Press, Cork, 17th ed. 1987, ISBN 0-85342-715-1 , pp. 123-143, here p. 136.

[2] Royal wedding revives Irish connections as Prince William becomes Baron Carrickfergus . In: Belfast Telegraph , April 29, 2011.