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 edit
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