placenamesHolywood
Ard Mhic Nasca
Holywood is a civil parish in Down. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationHolywood54.60335° N · 5.86763° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Ard Mhic Nasca · Irish · main form
- Holywood · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Down
- Barony
- Castlereagh Lower
- Coordinates
- 54.60335, -5.86763 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 37.39 km²
- Logainm ID
- 65698 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Holywood. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-10-15. How this page was prepared.