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Craigavad
Craigavad () is a townland in County Down, Northern Ireland, lying within the civil parish of Holywood and the historic barony of Castlereagh Lower. Suburban and residential in character, Craigavad lies between the centre of Holywood and Bangor in the area administered by the Ards and North Down Borough Council. Places of note *Royal Belfast Golf Club, possibly the oldest such club in Ireland is located at Station Road, Craigavad * Rockport School founded in 1906 is located in Craigavad. *There is a Camphill community at Seahill Road, Craigavad. People * Geoffrey Henry Cecil Bing (1909–1977) a barrister and politician was born at Craigavad. * Sir John Campbell (1862–1929) a consultant surgeon and politician died at his house at Craigavad. *Robert Cunningham (minister) (died 1637) first Presbyterian minister * John Aiken Wilson (1937–1997) a Northern Irish born novelist, amateur boxer and notable literary figure was born at Ballyrobert, Craigavad. Transport The A2 roa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Henry Cecil Bing
Geoffrey Henry Cecil Bing Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, CMG Queen's Counsel, QC (24 July 1909 – 24 April 1977) was a British barrister and politician who served as the Labour Party (UK), Labour British House of Commons, Member of Parliament for Hornchurch (UK Parliament constituency), Hornchurch from 1945 to 1955. He was also Attorney General of Ghana. Education and career Born at Craigavad near Belfast, Bing was educated at Rockport School (of which his father was the founding headmaster) and Tonbridge School before going on to Lincoln College, Oxford, where he read history. He graduated with a second-class degree in 1931, before attending Princeton University, where he was a Jane Eliza Procter Fellowship, Jane Eliza Procter Visiting Fellow between 1932 and 1933. He was called to the Bar from the Inner Temple in 1934. Always a Far left, radical and a member of the socialism, socialist left, Bing was active in the Haldane Society and the National Council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Wilson (writer)
John "Jack" Aiken Wilson (2 October 1937 – 15 December 1997) was a Northern Irish born novelist, a successful amateur boxer and notable literary figure in Ireland in the late 1960s. Early life Jack Wilson was born in Ballyrobert, Craigavad, County Down to James and Eileen (née Aiken) Wilson. He had four brothers and one sister. At the age of eleven he developed abdominal tuberculosis, a disease which almost ended his life. Prevented from joining in lessons with other children, Wilson was given books to read by his teacher, a Mr Cameron, and he quickly developed a love for the works of Robert Louis Stevenson, C. S. Forester and James Fenimore Cooper. After being bedridden for almost a year, Wilson was eventually cured of his illness and he returned to school. However, stunted growth, a curvature of the spine and a chronic lack of self-confidence were the lifelong legacies of the tuberculosis. In 1948, Wilson's father died due to pulmonary tuberculosis, and the family moved f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Belfast Golf Club
The Royal Belfast Golf Club is located on the southern shores of Belfast Lough at Craigavad in County Down, seven miles from the centre of Belfast. Founded in 1881 the club claims to be the oldest such club in Ireland. The present course was designed by Harry Colt Origins The course was founded at lands at Kinnegar, Holywood in 1881 and granted a Royal Charter by the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, in 1885. In 1892 the club moved to Carnalea and then again to its present location at Craigavad in 1914. See also *List of golf clubs granted Royal status This is a list of golf clubs that have been granted permission to bear the appellation of "Royal", having been bestowed by a reigning monarch, such as from British, Spanish, Belgian, Nepalese, Dutch, or Swedish monarchs. To receive the honou ... References External links * * Golf clubs and courses in Northern Ireland Sports clubs in County Down Organisations based in Northern Ireland with royal patronage 1881 estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockport School
Rockport School is an independent day and boarding school for boys and girls from 2.5 years to 18 years in the British Public School tradition. It is situated in of woodland on the shore of Belfast Lough in Craigavad, near Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland, between Belfast and Bangor. History The school was founded in 1906 by Geoffrey Bing of Rossall School and Keble College, Oxford, with the original aim to "prepare boys for the Public Schools and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth". Bing was 29 and had taught previously in St George's, Broadstairs and at St Andrew's School, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells. Rockport began with only four boys, an assistant master and a matron but quickly grew in size. The school now has around 200 pupils and accepts both boys and girls from the age of 3 until 18 (A Level) as day or boarding pupils. The school celebrated its centenary year in 2006 by building a new arts centre. The headmaster is a member of the 16 Group of the Indep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cultra Railway Station
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. History The Belfast, Holywood and Bangor Railway was authorised by Act of Parliament on 12 June 1861 and opened in May 1865. The BH&BR crossed the land of some wealthy landowners, whose terms included that Cultra station must be ''"of an ornamental character"'' and that ''"at least One Half of the Trains"'' must call there, or else the company would be penalised £10 per day. The BH&BR was originally single track and the only passing loop was at , so Cultra station would have had only one platform. However, the Belfast and County Down Railway took over the BH&BR in 1884 and doubled the track between 1897 and 1902, from which time Cultra has had two platforms. In deference to Cultra's wealthy residents the footbridge between the platforms had a roof, the only bridge so equipped on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holywood, County Down (civil Parish)
Holywood is a civil parish and townland (of ) in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Castlereagh Lower and covers some areas that are now in Belfast. Settlements The civil parish contains the town of Holywood. Townlands The civil parish contains the following townlands: *Ballycloghan * Ballycultraw * Ballydavey * Ballygrainey * Ballyhackamore * Ballykeel * Ballymaghan * Ballymenagh * Ballymisert * Ballyrobert * Craigavad *Holywood * Killeen * Knocknagoney * Strandtown See also *List of civil parishes of County Down In Ireland, Counties are divided into civil parishes which are sub-divided into townlands. The following is a list of civil parishes in County Down, Northern Ireland: A Aghaderg, Annaclone, Annahilt, Ardglass, Ardkeen, Ardquin B Ballee, Ba ... References {{Authority control Holywood, County Down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Cunningham (minister)
Robert Cunningham was one of the early Scots ministers who settled in Ulster in the 17th century. He was the first Presbyterian minister in Holywood and was one of Samuel Rutherford's correspondents. He was deposed for his adherence to Presbyterian principles. Life Robert Cunningham or Cunninghame was at first preacher for a while to the Earl of Buccleuch's regiment in Holland, but afterwards became minister at Holywood, in the North of Ireland. He was brought to Ulster by James Hamilton as were his fellow ministers John Livingstone and Robert Blair. Livingstone came after being urged by Cunningham. Cunningham was one of the first Scots ministers in County Down. He came to Ireland on the return of the troops to Scotland, and was, on the 9th of November 1615, admitted to the ministry by Robert Echlin, the Bishop of Down and Connor. He was returned on the diocesan roll, in 1622, as curate of Holywood and Craigavad, and as maintained in this office by a stipend from Sir James Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Campbell (Irish Surgeon)
Sir John Campbell FRCS (1862 – 31 August 1929) was a senior Northern Irish consultant surgeon and politician. He was the son of the Reverend Robert Campbell and was educated at the Royal University of Ireland and later at the Rotunda Hospital and the London Hospital. During the First World War, he served in France as the chief surgeon at No. 5 British Red Cross Hospital. He was a member of the Northern Ireland Parliament for Queen's University of Belfast from 1921 to 1929. He was knighted in the 1925 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 1925 were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. They were published on 30 December 1924. The recipients of honours are displayed here .... He died after a long illness at his house at Craigavad, County Down on 31 August 1929. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, John 1862 births 1929 deaths Knights Bachelor Irish surgeons Ulster Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seahill Railway Station
Seahill railway station is located in the townland of Ballyrobert in the Seahill area of Holywood, County Down County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 531,665. It borders County Antrim to the ..., Northern Ireland. The station was opened on 4 April 1966. Service Mondays to Saturdays there is a half hourly service towards , or in one direction, and to in the other. Extra services operate at peak times, and the service reduces to hourly operation in the evenings, certain peak-time express trains will pass through Seahill station without stopping. On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction. References Railway stations in County Down Railway stations opened in 1966 Railway stations served by NI Railways {{NorthernIreland-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A2 Road (Northern Ireland)
The A2 is a major road in Northern Ireland, a considerable length of which is often referred to the Antrim Coast Road because much of it follows the scenic coastline of County Antrim; other parts of the road follow the coasts in Counties Down and Londonderry. Mainly a single lane in each direction, the road follows most of the coastline of Northern Ireland. It is connected in several places to other major roads. Route The road begins in the city of Newry, County Down and heads south-east through the fishing towns of Warrenpoint, Rostrevor and Kilkeel. After Dundrum the road continues via Ardglass to Strangford, where it uses a ferry across Strangford Lough to reach Portaferry. From there it meets the Irish Sea coast of the Ards Peninsula at Cloughey, and follows it through Portavogie, Ballyhalbert, Millisle and Donaghadee to Bangor, County Down, from where it becomes a major dual carriageway leading to Belfast. After its intersection with the M3, it continues thro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Townland
A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic origin, pre-dating the Norman invasion, and most have names of Irish origin. However, some townland names and boundaries come from Norman manors, plantation divisions, or later creations of the Ordnance Survey.Connolly, S. J., ''The Oxford Companion to Irish History, page 577. Oxford University Press, 2002. ''Maxwell, Ian, ''How to Trace Your Irish Ancestors'', page 16. howtobooks, 2009. The total number of inhabited townlands in Ireland was 60,679 in 1911. The total number recognised by the Irish Place Names database as of 2014 was 61,098, including uninhabited townlands, mainly small islands. Background In Ireland a townland is generally the smallest administrative division of land, though a few large townlands are further divided into h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
