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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 lin ...

, a river in Central Scotland * River Carron, Wester Ross *

River Carron, Sutherland The River Carron () is an east coast river in Sutherland, in the Highlands of Scotland. It begins as Abhainn a' Ghlinne Mhòir, which joins with the Alladale River (Scottish Gaelic: ''Abhainn Alladail'') to form the River Carron. Further down ...

Carron River (Queensland) The Carron River is a river in Far North Queensland, Australia. Course and features The river rises at the northern end of the Gregory Range and flows west to the north but roughly parallel with the Gulf Developmental Road until discharging ...

, a river in Australia *

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

, a river that flows into the North Sea in Stonehaven *

Carron Water, Dumfriesshire The Carron Water () is a tributary of the River Nith in southwest Scotland. It rises in the Dalveen Pass in the Lowther Hills as its headwater streams, the Dinabid Linn, Dalveen Lane and Lavern Burn join to flow southwards, to the west of the vill ...

, 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 Stromeferry headland east of Loch ...

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

Settlements

* Carron, Strathspey, a small village on the banks of the River Spey near Aberlour *

Carron, Falkirk Carron () is a village in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. It is in the Forth Valley, about north of Falkirk, north-west of Grangemouth and southeast of Stenhousemuir. Carron is contiguous with village of Carronshore to the east. Car ...

, an area of Falkirk *

Carronbridge Carronbridge is a village in the parish of Morton in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The village is at the junction of the A76 and A702 roads approximately north of Thornhill. The hamlet of Enterkinfoot lies slightly to the north. To the ...

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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 (Gaelic Athl ...

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

People

* Arthur Carron (1900-1967), British opera singer *

Julián Carrón Julián Carrón (born 25 February 1950) is a Spanish Catholic priest, and theologian and the former leader of the Italian Communion and Liberation Communion and Liberation (, often shortened to CL), since 1980 officially Fraternity of Com ...

(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 teach ...

(born 1953), Irish republican activist and politician *

Pernelle Carron Pernelle Carron (born 20 August 1986) is a French former competitive ice dancer. With partner Lloyd Jones, she is the 2013 Winter Universiade champion, 2010 Cup of Nice champion, three-time NRW Trophy champion, and 2010 French national champi ...

(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, Knight of St Gregory, KSG, Royal Society of Arts, 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 ...

(1902–1969), British trade unionist and activist * Ryan Carron (born 1986), Corporate executive

Other uses

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. Th ...

, an ironworks dating from 1759 of significant historical importance. * , several ships of the British Royal Navy *

Carron Primary School Falkirk ( ; ; ) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a resident population of 32,422 at the ...

, a primary school situated in Carron

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