Carrick Explained

Carrick is an Anglicised version of creag/carraig, Gaelic for "rock", and may refer to:

People

• Carrick (surname)
• Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick (died 1250), Scottish Mormaer and first Earl of Carrick
• Marjorie of Carrick (1256–1292), mother of Robert the Bruce and Countess of Carrick
• Niall of Carrick (died 1256), Scottish Mormaer and second Earl of Carrick

Places

Australia

• Carrick, New South Wales
• Carrick, Tasmania

Canada

• Carrick, Ontario, part of South Bruce, Ontario since 1999
• Carrick, Manitoba, a community within the Rural Municipality of Piney

Ireland (Republic)

County Westmeath

• Carrick, County Westmeath (civil parish), a civil parish in the barony of Fartullagh, County Westmeath
• Carrick, Fartullagh, a townland in the civil parish of Carrick, barony of Fartullagh, County Westmeath
• Carrick, Lackan, a townland in the civil parish of Lackan, barony of Corkaree, County Westmeath
• Carrick, Noughaval, a townland in the civil parish of Noughaval, barony of Kilkenny West, County Westmeath
• Carrick, St Mary's, a townland in the civil parish of St Mary's, barony of Fore, County Westmeath

Elsewhere in the Republic of Ireland

• Carrick, County Donegal, a village
• Carrick, County Kildare, a civil parish
• Carrick-on-Shannon, a town in County Leitrim
• Carrick Mountain, a mountain in County Wicklow
• Carrick-on-Suir, a town in County Tipperary

United Kingdom

• Carrick, Cornwall, a former local government district
• Carrick Heaths, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cornwall
• Carrick Roads, an estuary in Cornwall, 3rd largest deep-water natural harbour in the world
• Carrick, Scotland
• Carrick Castle (village) in Argyll and Bute, Scotland
• Carrick, County Armagh, a townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
• Carrick, County Fermanagh, a townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
• Carrick, County Londonderry, a civil parish and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
• Carrick, County Tyrone, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
• Carrick (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

United States

• Carrick, California
• Carrick (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania

Titles

• Earl of Carrick, title of a medieval Scottish provincial ruler
• Earl of Carrick (Ireland), title in the peerage of Ireland

Other uses

• City of Adelaide (1864), also known as HMS Carrick, a clipper ship
• Carrick bend, a knot
• Carrick Church, located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
• Carrack-class light cruiser, a fictional ship class in Star Wars video games

See also

• Carrack, a type of mediaeval sailing ship