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HOLYWOOD
, a seaport of See also: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 See also:century, which subsequently became a Franciscan monastery
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