Carrick

carrick English Alternative forms en Karrick Etymology Anglicised version of en ga carraig, en gd carraig or en kw karrek, all meaning rock. en Craig. Proper noun en Irish. en Scottish Gaelic. en CDP co/Siskiyou County s/California c/US. en former local government district co/Cornwall cc/England named after the fjord-like Carrick Roads estuary; it was abolished on 31 March 2009. en rocky coastal district now in co/South Ayrshire cc/Scotland and part of the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Scottish Parliament constituency and the eponymous UK Parliament constituency. sco,en w:Robert Burns no Tam o'Shanter https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1279/1279-h/1279-h.htm#link2H_4_0316 Edinburgh Magazine 1791 (describing a siren seen in a group of otherwise decrepit old witches dancing) There was ae winsome wench and waulie / That night enlisted in the core, / Lang after ken'd on Carrick shore; / (For mony a beast to dead she shot, / And perish'd mony a bonie boat, ...) There was one beautiful and vivacious young woman / That night enlisted in the corps [of dancers] / Long remembered on the shore of Carrick / (For she had caused many large animals to slip down [the cliffs] to their deaths, / And fatally lured many good boats [onto the rocks], ...) en locality in the carea/Goulburn Mulwaree south eastern s/New South Wales c/Australia. en locality carea/Meander Valley northern s/Tasmania c/Australia. A Scottish earldom bestowed on the heir apparent to the reigning monarchs first of Scotland (since Robert the Bruce in 1292) and later of the United Kingdom. Derived terms en Carrick bend en Carrick-on-Shannon en Carrick-on-Suir Yola Etymology yol ga carraig. Pronunciation yol /ˈkarɪk/ Proper noun yol proper noun rock yol ruck OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR, line 26. “The principal of these are named Carrick-a-Shinna, Carrick-a-Dee, and Carrick-a-Foyle, and are respectively 556, 776, and 687 feet above the level of the sea.” Derived terms yol Carrick-a-Shinna yol Carrick-a-Dee yol Carrick-a-Foyle References 2