Carrickfergus

The town of Carrickfergus is in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and is only a few miles up the coast from Belfast. It’s one of the oldest settlements in Ireland and is known to have been a small town in the 1100s. It was around this time that the original Carrickfergus Castle was built by John de Courcy, an Anglo-Norman knight. Since those early days, the town has been the location for a number of historical events, including the Battle of Carrickfergus in 1597 and the last witch trial to be…

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