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Holywood (; the Irish name is Ard Mhic Nasca, meaning "the height of the son of Nasca") is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland, on the shores of Belfast Lough, between Belfast and Bangor. Holywood Exchange and Belfast City Airport are nearby. The town hosts an annual Jazz and Blues Festival. Holywood was named Sanctus Boscus ("Holy Wood") by the Normans after the woodland surrounding a monastery founded by St. Laiseran before 640. It was on the site of the present ruins of the medieval Old... full article at wikipedia
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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by midness Oct 1, 2008
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