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HOLYWOOD , a seaport of county Down,See also: Ireland, on the See also: east See also: shore of See also: Belfast Lough, 41 M
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N.E. from Belfast by the Belfast & County Down railway
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Its pleasant situation renders it a favourite residential locality of the wealthier classes in Belfast
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There was a religious See also: settlement here from the 7th century, which subsequently became a Franciscan monastery
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The old See also: church dating from the
See also: late 12th or early 13th century marks its site
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A Solemn See also: League and See also: Covenant was signed here in 1644 for the defence of the See also: kingdom, and the document is preserved at Belfast
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