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Carrickfergus
/ ˌæɪˈɜːɡə /
noun
- a town in E Northern Ireland, in Carrickfergus district, Co Antrim; historic settlement of Scottish Protestants on Belfast Lough; Norman castle. Pop: 27 201 (2001)
- a district of E Northern Ireland, in Co Antrim. Pop: 37 659 (2001). Area: 83 sq km (32 sq miles)
Example Sentences
Suzy Spence, from Carrickfergus in County Antrim, was diagnosed with a tumour in her salivary gland in December 2023 and was warned that a cancer diagnosis could not be ruled out.
The decision means work to upgrade sewage works at Sydenham, Whitehouse and Kinnegar cannot proceed, and works planned at Glenmachan, Greenisland, Carrickfergus and on the sea outfalls will not start.
Scarlett Rossborough, from Larne, died after being struck by a car driven by John Noble Lindsay in Carrickfergus in August 2023.
Lindsay, of Prince Andrew Way in Carrickfergus, admitted a charge of causing Scarlett's death by dangerous driving.
On the day of the crash, Scarlett, who attended Linn Primary School in Larne, was part of a group of children and adult leaders from a community centre summer scheme on a day out to Carrickfergus Castle.
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