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Hollywood (Irish: Cillín Chaoimhín, meaning 'Kevin's small church') [1] is a village in west County Wicklow, Ireland. It is 15 km (9 mi) south of Naas on the Wicklow Gap road near its junction with the N81 road. It is known for its pre-1950s themed fair which takes place in August of every year.
Holywood (/ ˈ h ɒ l i w ʊ d / HOL-ee-wuud; from Latin Sanctus Boscus 'holy wood' [2]) is a town in the metropolitan area of Belfast in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is a civil parish and townland of 306 hectares (755 acres) lying on the shore of Belfast Lough, between Belfast and Bangor. Holywood Exchange and Belfast City Airport are nearby.
Malnutrition was also a major issue for families both in the Free State and Northern Ireland, with a 9.6% infant mortality rate in Belfast, compared with 5.9% in Sheffield, England. Maternity was more dangerous in Northern Ireland than in England or the Free State, with maternal mortality rising by a fifth between 1922 and 1938.
From the late 19th century, the majority of people living in Ireland wanted the British government to grant some form of self-rule to Ireland. The Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) sometimes held the balance of power in the House of Commons in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a position from which it sought to gain Home Rule, which would have given Ireland autonomy in internal affairs ...
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Holywood is a civil parish and townland (of 755 acres (306 ha)) in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Castlereagh Lower and covers some areas that are now in Belfast. [1]
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Holywood, County Down, a town and townland in Northern Ireland Holywood, County Down (civil parish), a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland; Holywood railway station (Northern Ireland) Holywood, Dumfries and Galloway, a village and civil parish in south west Scotland Holywood railway station (Scotland), a former station