placenamesHolywood
Ard Mhic Nasca
Holywood is a townland in Down. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationHolywood54.63545° N · 5.83742° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place 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 · validated name
- Holywood · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Down
- Barony
- Castlereagh Lower
- Civil parish
- Holywood
- Coordinates
- 54.63545, -5.83742
- Mapped area
- 3.58 km²
- Logainm ID
- 66065 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Holywood. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-10-15. How this page was prepared.