Carron
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Carron may refer to :

Rivers:
  • River Carron (Forth)
    River Carron (Forth)
    The River Carron is a river in central Scotland. This river has given its name to towns in Falkirk, a variety of regional features, a type of cannon, a line of bathtubs, two warships and an island in the Southern Hemisphere.-River Carron:The river rises in the Campsie Fells before flowing into...

    , a river in Central Scotland
  • River Carron, Wester Ross
    River Carron, Wester Ross
    River Carron is a 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 there....

  • River Carron, Sutherland
    River Carron, Sutherland
    The River Carron is a river in Sutherland, in the Highlands of Scotland.It begins as the Abhainn a' Ghlinne Mhoir, which joins with the Alladale River to form the River Carron...

  • Carron Water, Aberdeenshire
    Carron Water, Aberdeenshire
    Carron Water is a river in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.Carron Water rises in Fetteresso Forest on the eastern edge of the Grampians. It flows past Fetteresso Castle and discharges into the North Sea at Stonehaven Bay. Carron Water separates the Old Town from Stonehaven's new town , laid out in...

    , a river that flows into the North Sea in Stonehaven
  • Carron Water, Dumfriesshire
    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 village of Durisdeer, to meet the Nith at Carronbridge....

    , a river that flows into the River Nith near Thornhill
  • Loch Carron
    Loch Carron
    Loch Carron is a sea loch on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands. It is the point at which the River Carron enters the North Atlantic Ocean....

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


Settlements:
  • Carron, Speyside
    Carron, Speyside
    Carron is an old distillery village on the north bank of the River Spey in Moray, Scotland....

    , a small village on the banks of the River Spey near Aberlour
  • Carron, Falkirk
    Carron, Falkirk
    Carron is a small village within the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The village is situated in the Forth Valley, north of Falkirk, north-west of Grangemouth and south-east of Stenhousemuir. Carron directly adjoins the neighbouring village of Carronshore to the east.The village sits north of...

    , an area of Falkirk


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


People :
  • Owen Carron
    Owen Carron
    Owen Gerard Carron is an Irish republican activist and who was Member of Parliament for Fermanagh and South Tyrone from 1981 to 1983.Carron is the nephew of former Nationalist Party politician John Carron....

     (born 1953), an Irish republican activist and the former Member of Parliament
  • Pierre Carron
    Pierre Carron
    Pierre Carron is a French sculptor and painter.Born in Fécamp, Normandy, France, he primarily studied drawing at the Ecole régionale des Beaux-Arts in Le Havre. Because of the German occupation, he was, for a time, the only student at the school...

     (born 1932), a French sculptor and painter
  • Pernelle Carron
    Pernelle Carron
    Pernelle Carron is a French ice dancer. With partner Lloyd Jones, she is the 2010 French national champion. She is a French national medalist with Edouard Dezutter, Matthieu Jost and Lloyd Jones.- Career :...

     (born 1986), a French ice dancer
  • William Carron
    William Carron
    Sir William Carron, Baron Carron KSG FRSA was a British trade unionist and activist, who served as President of the Amalgamated Engineering Union from 1956 until 1967.-Early life:...

     (1902–1969), a British trade unionist and activist


School :
  • Carron Primary School, a primary school situated in Carron.


Industry:
  • Carron Company
    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. The company prospered through its development and...

    , an ironworks dating from 1759 of significant historical importance.
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