Cargan (from Irish an Carraigín, meaning 'the small rock')[1] is a hamlet and townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

[2] (2001 Census: 411 people) One of the earliest anglicisations of the townland of Cargan is Carrigan.

The ore was shipped to Barrow-in-Furness, first by horse,[3] then from 1875 by railway to Ballymena.

[4] The Ballymena to Cargan railway line was opened in 1875 and extended to Parkmore and Retreat in 1876.

[5] Cargan railway station opened on 1 June 1894, was closed for passenger traffic on 1 October 1930, and finally closed altogether on 12 April 1937.