Holywood
Holywood ( Irish : Ard Mhic Nasca; German: "The Height of MacNasca") is a city in northeast Ireland in the historic County Down in Northern Ireland .
Holywood is located in Northern Ireland's County Down on the south bank of Belfast Lough , which is the mouth of the River Lagan . The closest cities are Belfast (10 kilometers southwest) and Bangor (twelve kilometers east). Administratively it belongs to the District Ards and North Down . The George Best Belfast City Airport is a few kilometers away.
The English name of the place, originally Latin Sanctus Boscus ("holy forest"), goes back to the Normans , who referred to the woodland surrounding a monastery founded before 640. The anglicized form first appeared in the 14th century as a hali code . The pronunciation of today's name is identical to that of Hollywood .
The population of Holywoods was determined in the 2001 Census with 12,037 people; of which 23.0% were Catholic and 68.6% Protestant. Around 1900 the place had about 3500 inhabitants. The headquarters of the Security Service ("MI5") in Northern Ireland is located in the Palace Barracks in Holywood .
Personalities
- Alexander Haliday (1806-1870), entomologist
- Joseph Larmor (1857–1942), physicist and mathematician
- Garth Ennis (* 1970), comic book author
- Rory McIlroy (* 1989), professional golfer
- Jamie Dornan (* 1982), actor, musician, model
- Clive Standen (born 1981), actor
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Area Profile of Holywood Urban Area - Based on 2001 Census at Northern Ireland Neighborhood Information Service (NINIS, accessed August 20, 2011).
- ↑ Bomb explodes near North base ( Memento of 31 October 2010 at the Internet Archive ) , The Irish Times 12 April, 2010
Coordinates: 54 ° 38 ′ 10 " N , 5 ° 50 ′ 42" W.