Carrickfergus (barony)

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Carrickfergus
Carraig Fhearghais (Irish)
Location of the barony of Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryNorthern Ireland
CountyAntrim
This article is about the administrative unit. For the peerage, see Baron Carrickfergus.

Carrickfergus is a barony in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is bounded on the south-east by Belfast Lough, and otherwise surrounded by the barony of Belfast Lower. It is coextensive with the civil parish of Carrickfergus or St Nicholas and corresponds to the former county of the town of Carrickfergus, a county corporate encompassing Carrickfergus town.

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