Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland

Holywood is a seaside town within a few miles of Belfast, with a tradition of speciality retail, professional services, art galleries and a range of cultural activites including annual music festivals..

This is a 'Global District' for Holywood Residents, community groups and businesses to come together to promote all aspects of their town using all available media. When current, information will appear below, but all content relating to Holywood can be viewed using the "all posts" tab. Using the interactive tab will bring up any supporting interactive maps or applications that support anything your are reading or viewing.

SUPPORTING MAPS / GRAPHICS / 'APP INTERFACES' :

The supporting maps and graphics we are using are by local artist Ralph Dobson. The streetmap was commissioned in association with Bangor and Holywood Town Centre Management for a town based "pull out" map, and the Holywood Townscape was commissioned by us and carefully scoped with the artist to provide a more "virtual" as well as artistic experience of Holywood. Explicitly we wanted to exploit the potential for animation and other applications such as "roll over media".

Please do not download these graphics and use them except to link to Global District applications by us or by members. Code for embedding these is available when you log in and is distributable according to the member's terms. See also our terms of use. In this way everyone can add value.

Holywood 'Goes Global' was first set up in association with the Holywood Chamber of Commerce and was sponsored by The Holywood Exchange. Before that it was known as "holywood online". Ongoing development has been significantly sponsored by Dunlop Homes (view profile) with a view to making this an open platform for businesses in, and the community of Holywood. The most recent revamp in 2014 takes us much closer to the original goal of a universal plug in for the town using shared maps, animation and all forms of media for creative applications, each building on what has gone before.

HolywoodGoesGlobal lets you promote your news, events, products and services in Holywood, North Down, Northern Ireland.

Everything is mapped using the Global District application and internet based maps: Google Maps.  Original artwork by local artist Ralph Dobson provides a "Townscape" which can be shared, not only to support events and media on Holywood GoesGlobal, but also on members' web sites to create a vibrant community network.

All content is geocoded using the Google Map engine - that is businesses, event locations, and any media uploaded by members such as photos or video.

If you are connected with Holywood as a business, club or organisation please sign up and post your news. If you are person - sign up as a friend, and build a network of favourites ... how you benefit from Holywood GoesGlobal depends very much on who you are or what you do, but we aim to benefit everyone who participates.




Posts can be places, things, events, news, special offers in Holywood... with uploaded video, audio, photos, slideshows, interactive maps and graphics to support.

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Event:01/03/2012

"HOW TO ELECT MORE WOMEN IN NI" HALF DAY CONFERENCE

The centre for the advancement of Women in Politics and Womenns Resource & Development Agency cordially invite you to attendHow to Elect More Women in NIIFriday 9th March 2012 9.15am 2.00pm(Lunch provided)At Canada Room and Council Chamber,Lanyon BuildingQueens University Belfast Collection Redburn
Holywood Shared Town Consortium
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News Item:04/02/2008

Carole Stewart's production of 'The Bay at Nice' by David Hare was judged winner of the AUDF one-act final on Friday 1st February at the Courtyard Theatre, Ballyearl.This intriguing play is set in a Leningrad museum in the fifties where Valentina has been invited to help authenticate a picture, tho...
The Holywood Players
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News Item:06/03/2005
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The latest research, carried out by Professor David Williams from University of Wales, shows that a pint of beer a day can be part of a well-balanced weight-loss diet and will not lead to that distinctive bulge.Dr Williams is a professor of chemistry and he states in the journal ‘Chemistry in Brita...
Northern Ireland Drinks Industry Group
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News Item:06/03/2005
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In a recent year-long study, led by Dr Bahi Takkouche, Spanish researchers found that wine drinkers, especially red wine, are less likely to catch the common cold than teetotallers, beer drinkers and spirits drinkers"The strength of the association increases with the amount of wine, but people who...
Northern Ireland Drinks Industry Group
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News Item:05/11/2007

The Newtownabbey One-Act Drama Festival at The Courtyard Theatre was won by Holywood Players with 'The Bay at Nice' by David Hare. An added bonus was the joint Best Actress awardmade to mother and daughter Carole and Heidi Stewart. The other members of the cast, Brian Sleith and Peter Gilroy were a...
The Holywood Players
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News Item:20/05/2008

There is a satisfyingly familiar look about Saturday's opening events, with the traditional and colourful Band and Brolly Parade getting the show on the road round about lunchtime. Next, the Pub Trail and Holywood Library sessions, featuring both local and visiting musicians, with the Saturday prog...
The Holywood Jazz Festival
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News Item:27/11/2008

In September 2008, we staged two one-act plays by Alan Ayckbourn. One of these, "A Talk in the Park" eventually became a last minute entry on the one-act circuit..The play was very well received and although we were unplaced at Newtownabbey and Bangor, we were delighted to gain second place at the...
The Holywood Players
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News Item:16/11/2009

We first performed this Regency romp some 18 years ago and have had great fun with this revival. The play has been staged at five festivals and although we have not been hugely successful this year, we have picked up quite a few award nominations and we've thoroughly enjoyed ourselves !!
The Holywood Players
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Slideshow:01/06/2009
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A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL

 
The Holywood Players
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News Item:20/12/2007

Theatre goers will be thrilled to hear that the Holywood Players' Christmas show is the much acclaimed smash comedy hit ''Relatively Speaking'' by Alan Ayckbourn. Greg is somewhat suspicious about his girlfriend Ginny's behaviour. Ginny says she's going to '' visit her parents'' and Greg decides to
The Holywood Players
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