Holywood, County Down

Holywood
Irish: *Ard Mhic Nasca*
Scots: *Halywid^[1]*
Holywood Irish: Ard Mhic Nasca; Scots: Halywid;
	St Colmcille's church on High Street
	Holywood Location within County Down
Population	11,257 (2011 census)
District	Ards and North Down;
County	County Down;
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HOLYWOOD
Postcode district	BT18
Dialling code	028
Police	Northern Ireland
Fire	Northern Ireland
Ambulance	Northern Ireland
UK Parliament	North Down;
NI Assembly	North Down;
	List of places UK Northern Ireland Down 54°38′10″N 5°50′42″W / 54.636°N 5.845°W

Holywood (/ˈhɒliwʊd/ 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.

^ The Online Scots Dictionary Archived 20 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 20 August 2012.
^ Patrick McKay, A Dictionary of Ulster Place-Names, p. 82. The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, 1999.

Holywood Irish: Ard Mhic Nasca Scots: Halywid^[1]
St Colmcille's church on High Street
Holywood Location within County Down
Population	11,257 (2011 census)
District	Ards and North Down
County	County Down
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HOLYWOOD
Postcode district	BT18
Dialling code	028

Police	Northern Ireland
Fire	Northern Ireland
Ambulance	Northern Ireland

UK Parliament	North Down
NI Assembly	North Down
List of places UK Northern Ireland Down 54°38′10″N 5°50′42″W / 54.636°N 5.845°W / 54.636; -5.845