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River Carron, Forth The Carron (Gaelic: ''Carrann'') is a river in central Scotland, rising in the Campsie Fells and flowing along Strathcarron into the Firth of Forth. It has given its name to several locations in Stirlingshire, as well as a type of cannon, a l ...

, a river in Central Scotland *

River Carron, Wester Ross River Carron ( gd, Carrann, IPA: �kʰaᵲən̴̪ is a west coast river in Wester Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland. The river rises in Ledgowan Forest. It gathers its head-streams through Carron Bog, then enters Loch Scaven and flows out from ...

* River Carron, Sutherland * Carron River (Queensland), a river in Australia *

Carron Water, Aberdeenshire Carron Water ( gd, Carrann) is a river in Kincardineshire, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Geography Carron Water rises in Fetteresso Forest on the eastern edge of the Grampians. It flows past Fetteresso Castle and discharges into the North Sea a ...

, a river that flows into the North Sea in Stonehaven * Carron Water, Dumfriesshire, a river that flows into the River Nith near Thornhill *

Loch Carron Loch Carron (Scottish Gaelic: "Loch Carrann") is a sea loch on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands, which separates the Lochalsh peninsula from the Applecross peninsula, and from the Stomeferry headland east of Loc ...

, a sea loch on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands

Settlements

Carron, Strathspey Carron ( gd, Carrann) is a small village on the north bank of the River Spey in Moray, Scotland. It was the site of an old distillery, the Imperial Distillery Imperial distillery was a producer of single malt Scotch whisky located in Carron, ...

, a small village on the banks of the River Spey near Aberlour * Carron, Falkirk, an area of Falkirk * Carronbridge, *

Carron, County Clare Carran (), also Carron, is a small village in County Clare, Ireland. It is in the Burren region, within a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of the same name. It is notable mainly for being the birthplace of Michael Cusack, the inspi ...

, a small village in the heart of The Burren, County Clare, Ireland

People

* Arthur Carron (1900-1967), British opera singer * Julián Carrón (born 1950), Spanish Catholic priest *

Owen Carron Owen Gerard Carron (born 9 February 1953) is an Irish republican activist who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Fermanagh and South Tyrone from 1981 to 1983. Early life Carron was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. He qualified as a teache ...

(born 1953), Irish republican activist and politician * Pernelle Carron (born 1986), French ice dancer * Pierre Carron (1932–2022), French sculptor and painter * Schuyler Carron (1921–1964), American bobsledder *

William Carron William John Carron, Baron Carron, KSG, FRSA (19 November 1902 – 3 December 1969) was a British trade unionist and activist, who served as President of the Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU) from 1956 until 1967. Early life Carron was born ...

(1902–1969), British trade unionist and activist

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Carron Company The Carron Company was an ironworks established in 1759 on the banks of the River Carron near Falkirk, in Stirlingshire, Scotland. After initial problems, the company was at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution in the United Kingdom. T ...

, an ironworks dating from 1759 of significant historical importance. * , several ships of the British Royal Navy * Carron Primary School, a primary school situated in Carron

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