Carrick is an

Anglicised Anglicisation or anglicization is a form of cultural assimilation whereby something non-English becomes assimilated into or influenced by the culture of England. It can be sociocultural, in which a non-English place adopts the English language ...

version of ''creag/carraig'',

Gaelic Gaelic (pronounced for Irish Gaelic and for Scots Gaelic) is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". It may refer to: Languages * Gaelic languages or Goidelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insul ...

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 Carrick is a small historic village west of Launceston, Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, on the banks of the Liffey River (Tasmania), Liffey River. The Meander Valley Highway passes through the town's centre; this road was formerly th ...

Canada

* Carrick, Ontario, part of South Bruce, Ontario since 1999 * Carrick, Manitoba, a community within the

Rural Municipality of Piney The Rural Municipality of Piney is a rural municipality (RM) in southeastern Manitoba, Canada, along the border with Minnesota in the United States. Geography According to Statistics Canada, the municipality has a land area of 2,433.77 ...

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 Carrick-on-Shannon () is the county town of County Leitrim in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is the largest town in the county. A smaller part of the town located on the west bank of the River Shannon lies in County Roscommon and is home to th ...

, a town in County Leitrim * Carrick Mountain, a mountain in County Wicklow *

Carrick-on-Suir Carrick-on-Suir () is a town in County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It lies on both banks of the River Suir. The part on the north bank of the Suir lies in the Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of "Carrick", in the historical B ...

, a town in County Tipperary * Carrick, Killygordon, a townland in County Donegal

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 (from the Scottish Gaelic , meaning 'rock') is a former Count#Definition, comital district of Scotland which today forms part of South Ayrshire. History The district of Carrick originally formed part of the 11th- to 12th-century Kingdom ...

Carrick Castle (village) Carrick Castle is a village on the western shore of Loch Goil, south of Lochgoilhead in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is within both Argyll Forest Park and Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. In 1877, a wooden pier was built at the ...

in Argyll and Bute, Scotland * Carrick, County Armagh, a

townland A townland (; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a traditional small land division used in Ireland and in the Western Isles of Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of medieval Gaelic origin, predating the Norman invasion, and mo ...

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) Carrick is a south neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is served by two zip codes, 15210 and 15227, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 4 (South Neighborhoods). Loc ...

, Pennsylvania

Titles

Earl of Carrick Earl of Carrick (or Mormaer of Carrick) is the title applied to the ruler of Carrick, Scotland, Carrick (now South Ayrshire), subsequently part of the Peerage of Scotland. The position came to be strongly associated with the Scottish crown when ...

, 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