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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 l ...

, a river in Central Scotland *

River Carron, Wester Ross River Carron ( gd, Carrann, IPA: �kʰaᵲən̴̪ is a west coast 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 t ...

* River Carron, Sutherland *

Carron River (Queensland) The Carron River is a river located 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 dis ...

, a river in Australia *

Carron Water, Aberdeenshire Carron Water ( gd, Carrann) is a river in Kincardineshire, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Geography 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 ...

, 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 Carron ( gd, Carrann) is a small village on the north bank of the River Spey in Moray, Scotland. It was the site of an old distillery, the Imperial Distillery Imperial distillery was a producer of single malt Scotch whisky located in Carron, ...

, 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 Arthur Carron (12 December 1900 – 10 May 1967) was an English operatic tenor. Carron was born in Swindon, United Kingdom. In his early career, he was also known as Arthur Cox which was and remained his given legal name. He was the firs ...

(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 Pierre Carron (16 December 1932 – 19 March 2022) was a French sculptor and painter, especially known for his portrayals of children and natural landscapes. Biography Born in Fécamp, Normandy, France, he primarily studied drawing at the École ...

(1932–2022), French sculptor and painter *

Schuyler Carron Schuyler Antony Carron (August 24, 1921 – June 15, 1964) was an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. He won the bronze medal in the two-man event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz St. Moritz (also german: Sankt Mo ...

(1921–1964), American bobsledder *

William Carron William John Carron, Baron Carron, KSG, 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 1956 until 1967. Early life Carron was born ...

(1902–1969), British trade unionist and activist

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

Carron Primary School Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large 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 ...

, a primary school situated in Carron

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