Holywood Priory
Holywood Priory is a medieval monastic ruin in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland. Built in the late 12th or early 13th century on the site of an earlier monastery, it was later used by the Franciscans and dissolved in 1541 during the reign of Henry VIII.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Holywood railway station and Marino railway station.
Holywood railway station
Railway station
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Holywood railway station serves Holywood in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is located along the shore of Belfast Lough and during the Summer months, provides excellent views over the lough to Carrickfergus. Holywood railway station is situated 2,000 feet southwest of Holywood Priory.
Marino railway station
Railway station
Photo: Aubrey Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marino railway station is a railway station in the townland of Ballycultra in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland. Marino railway station is situated 3,200 feet northeast of Holywood Priory.
Cultra railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cultra railway station is a railway station in the townland of Ballycultra in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland. It serves the Cultra residential area and the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum. Cultra railway station is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Holywood Priory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holywood and Dundonald.
Holywood
Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holywood is a town five miles northeast of Belfast. It's historically in County Down, but since 2015 has been governed as part of Ards and North Down District, along with Bangor and Newtownards.
Dundonald
Photo: Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dundonald is a town in the traditional County Down, east of Belfast, Northern Ireland. It lies east of Belfast and is a suburb of the city. It is home to Moat Park, the Ulster Hospital, and Dundonald International Ice Bowl.
Ballybeen
Suburb
Photo: Dean Molyneaux, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballybeen, also known as Ballybeen Housing Estate, is the second-biggest housing estate in Northern Ireland. It is in the village of Dundonald, on the outskirts of east Belfast. Ballybeen is situated 4 miles south of Holywood Priory.
Holywood Priory
- Type: Church
- Description: ruined Augustinitan monastery in County Kilkenny, Ireland
- Categories: priory, historic site, and religion
- Location: Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.64313° or 54° 38′ 35″ northLongitude
-5.83124° or 5° 49′ 53″ westOpen location code
9C6PJ5V9+7GOpenStreetMap ID
way 554874718OpenStreetMap feature
historic=churchWikidata ID
Q5887234
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Holywood Priory” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Priorat de Holywood”
- Swedish: “Holywood Priory”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Priory Cemetery and First Holywood Pesbyterian Church.
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