Mountjoy
Mountjoy may refer to:
Places
[edit]- Brockagh (also known as Mountjoy), a hamlet in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland
- Mountjoy, Ontario, a neighbourhood in Timmins, Ontario, Canada
- Mountjoy Castle, a castle in Magheralamfield, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
- Mountjoy Prison, a medium security prison in Dublin, Ireland opened in 1850
- Mountjoy Square, a city square in Dublin
- Mountjoy, a former barony of Ireland now known as Dungannon Upper
- Mountjoy, the hill roughly 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) north of Jerusalem where the army of the First Crusade rejoiced upon getting their first glimpse of Jerusalem in June of 1099
People
[edit]Title
[edit]- Baron Mountjoy, a hereditary title given to the men of two families
- William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy (died 1534)
- Charles Blount, 5th Baron Mountjoy (1516–1544)
- Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire, Lord Mountjoy, Lord Deputy of Ireland
Surname
[edit]- Celeste Mountjoy, Australian artist and illustrator
- Dick Mountjoy (1932–2015), American politician from California
- Doug Mountjoy (1942–2021), Welsh Snooker player
- Eric W. Mountjoy (1931–2010), Canadian emeritus professor at McGill University
- Penelope Mountjoy, archaeologist
Given name
[edit]- Mountjoy Blount, 1st Earl of Newport (c. 1563–1606), illegitimate son of Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire
Fictional
[edit]- Mountjoy (comics), a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe
- Mountjoy, the French herald in Shakespeare's Henry V
Ships
[edit]- The Mountjoy was a merchant ship used to relieve the Siege of derry in Ulster in 1689. It was also the codename for the ship used in the 1914 Larne Gun Running.
See also
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