Editing Carrickfergus (section)

===Historical===
*[[Robert Adrain]] (1775–1843), mathematician, considered one of the best mathematical minds of his time, was born in Carrickfergus<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896">{{cite book|title=Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607–1896|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|year=1967}}</ref>
*[[Edward Bruce]] (c. 1280–1319), High King of Ireland and [[Earl of Carrick]], brother to [[Robert the Bruce]], King of Scots.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/bruce-edward-a1068|title=Bruce, Edward|publisher=Dictionary of Irish Biography|access-date=12 November 2022}}</ref>
*[[John de Courcy|Sir John de Courcy]] (1160–1219) Anglo Norman knight and builder of Carrickfergus Castle<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedownrecorder.co.uk/pages/?title=The_legacy_of_John_de_Courcy|title=The legacy of John de Courcy|date=15 April 2020|newspaper=Down Recorder|access-date=12 November 2022}}</ref>
*[[Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster]] (c. 1176 – c. 1242)<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Ulster, Earls of|volume=27|pages=568–569}}</ref>
*[[William Orr (United Irishman)|William Orr]], [[United Irishmen|United Irishman]], was hanged in Carrickfergus on 14 October 1797 shortly before the failed rebellion.<ref>{{cite book|title=Speeches From the Dock, or Protests of Irish Patriotism|first= Seán Ua |last=Cellaigh|location=Dublin|year=1953|publisher=M.H. Gill & Son}}</ref>
*[[Charlotte Riddell]], writer of the Victorian period, was born Charlotte Eliza Lawson Cowan (1832) in Carrickfergus.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.victorianweb.org/authors/riddell/ellis.html|title=Mrs J. H. Riddell: The Novelist of the City and of Middlesex|publisher=Victorian Web| access-date=12 November 2022}}</ref>
*[[Jonathan Swift]], the [[poet]] and [[satire|satirist]] lived in [[Kilroot]], on the outskirts of the town, and wrote ''[[A Tale of a Tub]]'' there.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newsletter.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/gullivers-travels-author-jonathan-swift-had-no-love-ulster-presbyterianism-2992273|title='Gulliver's Travels' author Jonathan Swift had no love for Ulster Presbyterianism|date=5 October 2020|publisher=News Letter|access-date=12 November 2022}}</ref>