Welcome to Holywood, County Down
Holywood (Ard Mhic Nasca) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland, on the shores of Belfast Lough, between Belfast and Bangor. Holywood was named Sanctus Boscus ("Holy Wood") by the Normans after the woodland surrounding a monastery founded by St Laiseran before 640.
The town hosts an annual jazz and blues festival.
(21 Mar 2010) A group representing many former residents of industrial schools has thanked Pope Benedict for 'his unprecedented apology' to victims of abuse.
(21 Mar 2010) A search has resumed for a young Scottish man missing off the west Cork coast.
(21 Mar 2010) PSNI officers investigating a security alert on a rail line in Co Down came under gun attack last night but managed to escape injury.
(21 Mar 2010) A 21-year-old man has died after a road crash in Co Cork this morning.
From RTÉ News
Holywood
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