Carron
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Carron may refer to:
Rivers
River Carron, Forth, a river in Central Scotland
River Carron, Wester Ross
River Carron, Sutherland
Carron River (Queensland), a river in Australia
Carron Water, Aberdeenshire, 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, 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, an area of Falkirk
Carronbridge,
Carron, County Clare, 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 (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 (1902–1969), British trade unionist and activist
Other uses
Carron Company, an ironworks dating from 1759 of significant historical importance.
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