Carrickfergus Civil Parish, County Antrim

Surnames/tags: Carrickfergus Antrim Ulster

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This information page for the Civil Parish contains a list of all the townlands in the parish and links to the category for the townland (if it has been created). There also may be notes about the individual townlands.

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Contents 1 Carrickfergus Civil Parish 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Population Centres of Carrickfergus Civil Parish 1.3 The Townlands of Carrickfergus Civil Parish 2 Resources 2.1 External Resources 3 Version Notes 4 Sources

Carrickfergus Civil Parish

Irish or Alternate Name: Carraig Fhearghais.

Logainm Link: Carrickfergus Parish on Logainm.ie

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Barony: Carrickfergus

Province: Ulster

Introduction

Carrickfergus civil parish covers an area of East Antrim north of Belfast including Carrickfergus town. Carrickfergus parish was originally a separate county but was integrated into County Antrim in the 16th century. Carrickfergus parish has an area of 61.6 km² or 23.8 square miles.

Belfast lough defines the eastern boundary of the parish. The main A2 coast road passes through the parish. The B90 parallels the coast further inland and the B58 heads inland connecting Carrickfergus to Ballyclare and Larne. The railway line from Belfast to Larne also passes through the parish.

Carrickfergus Civil Parish is in the historic barony of Carrickfergus or St Nicholas. The Irish name is Carraig Fhearghasa meaning "Fergus's rock".^[1]

Population Centres of Carrickfergus Civil Parish

Note: Population centres for this Parish, where known, are shown here. For a full list see Towns of County Antrim

Population Centres (Cities, Towns, Village etc)
Bonnybefore Irish or Alternate Name: Bonnybefore. Map: Google Maps  OpenStreetMap Places Nearby: Click for list Grifiths Valuation.	Carrickfergus Town Irish or Alternate Name: Carraig Fhearghais. Wikipedia entry for Carrickfergus Town WikiTree Category: Category for Carrickfergus Town Map: Google Maps  OpenStreetMap Places Nearby: Click for list Grifiths Valuation. Grifiths Valuation.:Carrickfergus is a large town on the north shore of Belfast Lough, 11 miles/18 km from Belfast. It is County Antrim's oldest town, dating from the 12th century. Carrickfergus town had a population of 27,998 at the 2011 Census. Carrickfergus was the administrative centre for Carrickfergus Borough Council, before this was amalgamated into the Mid and East Antrim District Council in 2015.[2] Use Category:Carrickfergus_Town,_County_Antrim for profiles of people from Carrickfergus town.
Clipperstown Irish or Alternate Name: Baile Clipper. Map: Google Maps  OpenStreetMap Places Nearby: Click for list Grifiths Valuation.	Eden Irish or Alternate Name: An tÉadan. Map: Google Maps  OpenStreetMap Places Nearby: Click for list Grifiths Valuation.
Greenisland Irish or Alternate Name: Inis Glas. Wikipedia entry for Greenisland WikiTree Category: Category for Greenisland Map: Google Maps  OpenStreetMap Places Nearby: Click for list Grifiths Valuation. Grifiths Valuation.:Greenisland is a small town on the north shore of Belfast Lough, 7 miles from Belfast and 3 miles south-west of Carrickfergus. Greenisland had a population of 5,486 at the 2011 Census.[3] Use Category:Greenisland,_County_Antrim for profiles of people from Greenisland.	Mile Bush Irish or Alternate Name: Sceitheog an Mhíle. Map: Google Maps  OpenStreetMap Places Nearby: Click for list Grifiths Valuation.
Sunnylands Irish or Alternate Name: Fearann na Gréine. Map: Google Maps  OpenStreetMap Places Nearby: Click for list Grifiths Valuation.	Woodburn Irish or Alternate Name: Sruth na Coille. Map: Google Maps  OpenStreetMap Places Nearby: Click for list Grifiths Valuation.

The Townlands of Carrickfergus Civil Parish

The townlands in Carrickfergus Parish (Carraig Fhearghais) are those taken from Carrickfergus Parish on Logainm.ie and validated against townlands on the 1851, 1871 and 1901 Lists of Towns and Townlands and Griffiths valuations data. A link is provided in the notes for the 1901 and 1911 census. Please note that these may not always work if the townland was not available on the census in question. The census site may also substitute a similar name so be prepared for unexpected results! Similar for Griffith's valuation links which may show multiple names.

Townland	Irish and/or Alternate name(s)	WikiTree Category Link	Census links, Griffiths link & Notes
Carrickfergus	Carraig Fhearghais	Category:Carrickfergus Townland, Carrickfergus Parish, County Antrim	1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation. Carrickfergus townland includes the centre of Carrickfergus town. Use Category:Carrickfergus_Town,_County_Antrim for profiles of people from Carrickfergus town.
Commons		Category:Commons Townland, Carrickfergus Parish, County Antrim	1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Middle Division		Category:Middle Division Townland, Carrickfergus Parish, County Antrim	1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation. Middle Division townland includes part of Carrickfergus town.
North East Division		Category:North East Division Townland, Carrickfergus Parish, County Antrim	1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation. North East Division townland includes part of Carrickfergus town.
West Division		Category:West Division Townland, Carrickfergus Parish, County Antrim	1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation. West Division is the largest townland in County Antrim. West Division townland includes Greenisland town and part of Carrickfergus town.

Resources

External Resources

• A list of external resources for this parish may be placed here. More general sources for Antrim should be added to the main Antrim page. If you are adding a source here it would be helpful if you could let me (David) know so I don't accidentally overwrite your input with an automatic update. Thanks.

Whilst care is taken to ensure links are not made to disreputable, phishing or other sites of doubtful integrity it is your responsibility to ensure that you are not going to such a site by clicking on one of the links which may have been added after this page was created.

Version Notes

Current parish format version 4.0. Addition of Griffiths valuation on parish pages.

Previous version 3.5. Addition of 'Places Nearby' link where coordinates are known. Upgrading Logainm links to match new Logainm web site; 3.6 Change to teams structure implementation.

Sources

Information shown on this page may have been sourced from one or more of the following sources.

• Logainm.ie The Placenames Database of Ireland created by Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge in collaboration with The Placenames Branch (Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht).
• Griffiths Valuation AskAboutIreland.ie and the Cultural Heritage Project is an initiative of public libraries together with local museums and archives.
• Townlands.ie Irish Townlands derived from OpenStreetMap data under the Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL).
• Census of Ireland 1901/1911 and Census fragments and substitutes, 1821-51
• List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland and List of towns and villages in Northern Ireland
• General alphabetical index to townlands and towns, parishes and baronies of Ireland Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

1. ↑ The Northern Ireland Place-Name Project. Carrickfergus, County Antrim. http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=6415
2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Carrickfergus," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrickfergus
3. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Greenisland," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenisland

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