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Holy Wood or Holywood may refer to: Places * Holywood, County Down, a town and townland in Northern Ireland ** Holywood, County Down (civil parish), a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland ** Holywood railway station (Northern Ireland) * Holywood, Dumfries and Galloway, a village and civil parish in south west Scotland ** Holywood railway station (Scotland), a former station Arts * ''Holy Wood'' (novel), an unpublished novel by Marilyn Manson * ''Holy Wood'' (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death), a 2000 album by Marilyn Manson * Holy Wood, a fictional location in the 1990 DiscWorld novel '' Moving Pictures'' by Terry Pratchett Other * Christopher Holywood (1559–1626), 17th-century Jesuit * ''Guaiacum sanctum'', commonly known as Holywood or Holywood Lignum-vitae See also * Palo santo (other), (Spanish: ''holy wood'') * * * Wood (other) * Holy (other) Holy is a synonym for sacred. Holy or Holiness may also refer to: * Holiness movem ...
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Holywood, County Down
Holywood ( ) (Irish: ''Ard Mhic Nasca'', meaning 'Height of the Son of Nasca'. Latin: ''Sanctus Boscus'', meaning 'Holy Wood') is a town in the metropolitan area of Belfast in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is a civil parish and townland of 755 acres lying on the shore of Belfast Lough, between Belfast and Bangor. Holywood Exchange and Belfast City Airport are nearby. The town hosts an annual jazz and blues festival. Toponymy The English name ''Holywood'' comes . This was the name the Normans gave to the woodland surrounding the monastery of St Laiseran, son of Nasca. The monastery was founded by Laiseran before 640 and was on the site of the present Holywood Priory. The earliest Anglicised form appears as ''Haliwode'' in a 14th-century document. The Irish name for Holywood is ''Ard Mhic Nasca'' meaning "high ground of Mac Nasca". History In the early 19th century, Holywood, like many other coastal villages throughout Ireland, became popular as a resort for sea-bathing. M ...
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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 ...
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Holywood Railway Station (Northern Ireland)
Holywood railway station serves Holywood in County Down, Northern Ireland. History The Belfast and County Down Railway (B&CDR) opened the line between Queen's Quay, Belfast and Holywood on 2 August 1848. Holywood was a terminus until May 1865, when the Belfast, Holywood and Bangor Railway (BH&BR) opened from Holywood to Bangor. In 1859 the B&CDR sold its Holywood branch to the BH&BR, with the result that Holywood station came under BH&BR management. However, the B&CDR leased the BH&BR line from 1878 and took it over in 1884, which meant that Holywood station returned to its original management and ownership. When BH&BR opened in 1865 it was single track. In response to increased traffic the B&CDR doubled the track in stages between 1897 and 1902. In 1911 Holywood station handled passenger and parcel traffic, while its goods yard offered facilities for goods, general livestock, horses and prize cattle. Carriages could be conveyed by passenger train. The Ulster Transport Author ...
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Holywood, Dumfries And Galloway
Holywood is a village and civil parish in the historical county of Dumfriesshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The village of Holywood was developed in the mid twentieth century. In 1949 eighteen houses were built by the county council and followed shortly after by another 38. Holywood was the site of a Premonstratensian abbey which was established in 1225 and dissolved in 1609. The abbey was dismantled and used to build the parish church in 1778. No remains are now visible. The site of Holywood Abbey was previously called '' Dercongal'', 'Congal's oak-copse'. The name Holywood refers to this oak-copse. The saint commemorated in this name may be Convallus, disciple of Saint Mungo. However, there are a number of other saints to whom the dedication could apply. The surrounding landscape has several prehistoric monuments, including two cursuses and the Twelve Apostles stone circle, which suggests a continuity of sacred or administrative tradition in the area. The parish previ ...
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Holywood Railway Station (Scotland)
Holywood railway station was a railway station in Dumfries and Galloway north of Dumfries. History The station opened on 15 October 1849 as Killylung. Within a year it was renamed as Holywood. The station is now closed, although the line through the station is still open. One platform still exists and a level crossing controlled by a signal box. The small village of Holywood Holy Wood or Holywood may refer to: Places * Holywood, County Down, a town and townland in Northern Ireland ** Holywood, County Down (civil parish), a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland ** Holywood railway station (Northern Ireland) * ... with its church stands a little way off and the old creamery stands close by to the station site. Views of Holywood signal box and level crossing File:Holywood station site Dumfries.JPG, The old station platform and line looking Dumfries File:Holywood signal box Dumfries.JPG, Holywood signal box File:Holywood level crossing gate.JPG, Detail of the ...
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Holy Wood (novel)
''Holy Wood'' is an unpublished novel by Marilyn Manson, written between 1999 and 2000 (although Manson has claimed to have been writing selections since 1995). Initially envisioned as a companion piece to the album ''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)'', it remained unreleased after a series of delays, alleged by Manson to have been caused by a "publishing war". Plot Describing the plot of the novel itself, Manson said: "The whole story, if you take it from the beginning, is parallel to my own, but just told in metaphors and different symbols that I thought other people could draw from. It's about being innocent and naive, much like Adam was in Paradise before they fall from grace. And seeing something like Hollywood, which I used as a metaphor to represent what people think is the perfect world, and it's about wanting — your whole life — to fit into this world that doesn't think you belong, that doesn't like you, that beats you down every step of th ...
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Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death)
''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was released on November 11, 2000, by Nothing and Interscope Records. A rock opera concept album, it is the final installment of a triptych that also included ''Antichrist Superstar'' (1996), and marked a return to the industrial metal style of the band's earlier work, after the glam rock-influenced production of ''Mechanical Animals'' (1998). After its release, the band's eponymous vocalist said that the overarching story within the trilogy is presented in reverse chronological order: ''Holy Wood'', therefore, begins the narrative. In the aftermath of the Columbine High School massacre on April 20, 1999, national news media reported that the perpetrators were wearing the band's T-shirts during the rampage, and had been influenced by their music. As their first release after the massacre, the record was Manson's rebuttal to the accusations leveled against ...
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Moving Pictures (novel)
''Moving Pictures'' is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, published in 1990, the tenth book in his ''Discworld'' series.Fantastic FictioMoving Pictures (Discworld, book 10) Terry PratchettRetrieved 2009-05-9 The book takes place in Discworld's most famous city, Ankh-Morpork and a hill called "Holy Wood". It is the first ''Discworld'' novel to feature Mustrum Ridcully, Archchancellor of Unseen University, as a character. Plot The alchemists of the Discworld have invented moving pictures. Many hopefuls are drawn by the siren call of Holy Wood, home of the fledgling " clicks" industry – among them Victor Tugelbend, a dropout from Ankh-Morpork's Unseen University and Theda "Ginger" Withel, a girl "from a little town you never ever heard of", and the Discworld's most infamous salesman, Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler, who introduces commerce to the equation and becomes a successful producer. The business of making movies grows rapidly, and eventually Victor and Ginger beco ...
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Christopher Holywood
Christopher Holywood (1559 – 4 September 1626) was an Irish Jesuit of the Counter Reformation. The origin of the Nag's Head Fable has been traced to him. Roman Catholic and Irish His family, which draws its name from Holywood, a village near Dublin, had long been distinguished both in Church and State. Christopher Holywood studied at Padua, entered the Society of Jesus at Dôle in 1579, was afterwards professor of Scripture and theology at Pont-a-Mousson, Ferrara, and Padua, and there met St Robert Bellarmine. In 1598 he was sent to Ireland, but was arrested on his way and confined in the Gatehouse Prison, the Tower of London and Wisbech Castle, and was eventually shipped to the continent after the death of Queen Elizabeth. He then resumed his interrupted journey and reached Ireland on St. Patrick's Eve, 1604. This same year he published two Latin works attacking the Church of England. One of which included the first allegation of an indecent consecration of archbishop of C ...
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Guaiacum Sanctum
''Guaiacum sanctum'', commonly known as holywood, lignum vitae or holywood lignum-vitae, is a species of flowering plant in the creosote bush family, Zygophyllaceae. It is native to tropical America, from Mexico through Central America, Florida, the Caribbean, and northern South America. It has been introduced to other tropical areas of the world. It is currently threatened by habitat loss in its native region, and as such, is currently rated near threatened on the IUCN Red List. ''Guaiacum sanctum'' is the national tree of the Bahamas. Etymology The native Taíno of the Caribbean referred to the tree as guayacán. The common English name is a direct translation of the Spanish "palo santo" (not to be confused with ''Bursera graveolens''). Francisco López de Gómara as well as Oviedo make reference to the specific species as such in their respective histories of the New World. It earned its name during the time of the Spanish conquest of the New World for its use treating syph ...
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Palo Santo (other)
Palo santo (Spanish for sacred stick or holy wood etc.) may refer to: Trees * Lignum vitae, heartwood of tree species of the genus ''Guaiacum'', native to subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas * ''Bulnesia sarmientoi'', a tree species native to the Gran Chaco area in South America * ''Bursera graveolens'', a tree species native to South America, used for incense, aromatic oil, and indigenous medicine Other uses * ''Palo Santo'' (Shearwater album), a 2006 album by indie rock band Shearwater, or the title track * ''Palo Santo'' (Years & Years album), a 2018 album by British band Years & Years, or the title track See also * Holy Wood (other) * * * Santo (other) Santo ('saint' in various languages) may refer to: People * Santo (given name) * Santo (surname) * El Santo, Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta (1917–1984), Mexican wrestler and actor * Bob Santo or Santo, stage name of Ghanaian comedian John Evans Kwadwo ... * Palo (other) {{Disambigu ...
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Wood (other)
Wood is a natural material produced by the growth of plants, mainly trees and shrubs. Wood may also refer to: Places United States * Wood, Iowa, an unincorporated community * Wood, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Wood, North Carolina, an unincorporated community * Wood, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Wood, South Dakota, a town * Wood County, Texas * Wood, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Wood, Wisconsin, a town * Wood County, Ohio * Wood County, West Virginia * Wood County, Wisconsin * Wood Creek (Mohawk River), in West Schuyler, New York, U.S. * Wood Township (other) Elsewhere * The Wood, New Zealand, a suburb of Nelson, South Island, New Zealand * The Wood, Surbiton, a public park in Kingston upon Thames, London, England People * List of people with surname Wood * Wood (surname) * Wood (Kent cricketer, 1789), an English cricketer * Wood (Kent cricketer, 1828), an English cricketer * Wood Boulden (1811–1876) * Wood B. Ky ...
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