Carrickfergus
Carrickfergus ranks 6,886th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kensington, New South Wales, Konopiště, and Imperia. Memorable people born in Carrickfergus include Dave Finlay, and Seán Lester. Carrickfergus has been the birth place of many wrestlers, and diplomats. Carrickfergus is located in United Kingdom.
Carrickfergus is a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It sits on the north shore of Belfast Lough, 11 miles (18 km) from Belfast. The town had a population of 28,141 at the 2021 census. It is County Antrim's oldest town and one of the oldest towns in Ireland as a whole. Carrickfergus Castle, built in the late 12th century at the behest of Anglo-Norman knight John de Courcy, was the capital of the Earldom of Ulster. After the earldom's collapse, it remained the only English outpost in Ulster for the next four centuries. Carrickfergus was the administrative centre for Carrickfergus Borough Council, before this was amalgamated into the Mid and East Antrim District Council in 2015, and forms part of the Belfast Metropolitan Area. It is also a townland of 65 acres, a civil parish and a barony. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1888 and 1958, Carrickfergus was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including Dave Finlay, and Seán Lester.
People Born in Carrickfergus
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Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Carrickfergus were wrestlers (1), and diplomats (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, wrestlers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Carrickfergus, including Dave Finlay. Whereas, throughout history, wrestlers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Carrickfergus, including Dave Finlay.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Carrickfergus since 1700.
