Mountjoy (disambiguation)

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Mountjoy may refer to:

Contents 1 Places 2 People 2.1 Title 2.2 Surname 2.3 Given name 2.4 Fictional 3 Ships

[edit] Places

• Mountjoy, a village in Northern Ireland
• Mountjoy, Ontario, a neighbourhood in the Ontario city of Timmins
• Mountjoy Castle, in Northern Ireland
• Mountjoy Prison, a closed medium security prison in Dublin, Ireland
• Mountjoy Square, Dublin

[edit] People

[edit] Title

• Baron Mountjoy, refers to several Barons
  • William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy (died 1534)
  • Charles Blount, 5th Baron Mountjoy (1516–1544)

[edit] Surname

• Dick Mountjoy (born 1932), American politician from California
• Doug Mountjoy (born 1942), Welsh Snooker player
• Eric W. Mountjoy, Canadian emeritus professor at McGill University

[edit] Given name

• Mountjoy Blount (c. 1563–1606), illegitimate son of Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire

[edit] Fictional

• Mountjoy (comics), a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe
• Mountjoy, the French herald in Shakespeare's Henry V

[edit] Ships

• 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.