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.



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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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News Item:01/05/2008

Business is blooming for a family-run Holywood business.Following its relocation from Belfast the Church Road based Floralearth has seen its demand increase rapidly in its specialised field of floral design.It has also enlarged its market-place and now has clients east and west of the Province as w...
floralearth
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News Item:06/05/2008

On Wednesday 14th May, Holywood Transition Town will hold its first public event with a film show and discussion on local food at 7.30 in Holywood Library.The film will show the inspiring story of an island community’s response to food production when their oil supply was drastically cut. Afterward...
HOLYWOOD TRANSITION TOWN
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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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Event:22/05/2008

HOLYWOOD JAZZ FESTIVAL - STREET PARADE - 7TH JUNE

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.
The Holywood Jazz Festival
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Profile:22/05/2008

If you have news or event items relating to Holywood please contact us using thecontact us option on this page.
District Pages - Holywood
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News Item:22/05/2008

With summer approaching, we all want to be able to make the most of the outdoors and North Down certainly boasts many beautiful open spaces for everyone to enjoy.To help make sure the Borough looks its best during the holiday season, North Down Borough Council is running Spring Clean Week from Mond...
District Pages - Holywood
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News Item:22/05/2008

In its latest show of support for Nancy hopeful Niamh Perry, North Down Borough Council is literally painting the town!The slogan Vote Niamh for Nancy is being painted in 4 foot high letters on the grass bank in Castle Park, Bangor town centre. It will be a striking visual reminder for people to vo...
District Pages - Holywood
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News Item:22/05/2008

North Down Borough Council started work this week on the construction of an 850KW wind turbine in Balloo that will supply ‘green energy’ to its nearby recycling centre and depot.Mayor of North Down, Councillor Dr Stephen Farry, MLA, visited the site to review the work and commented: “Council is com...
District Pages - Holywood
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Event:22/05/2008

CHARITY ZIP LINE IN BANGOR - SATURDAY 31 MAY

The zip line gives you a bird’s eye view across the marina at a height of 55 metres and for a distance of 240 metres. Have a chance to take part in this annualcharity event and raise money for two worthwhile charities: Tiny Life and RNLI Bangor Branch.The zip line is supported by Quay Marinas Limit...
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Profile:22/05/2008

The Cultra site, formerly the estate of Sir Robert Kennedy, was acquired in 1961 and the museum first opened to visitors in 1964. With the opening in 1993 and 1996 of the award winning Rail and Road Galleries the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum became firmly established as a Museum of internationa...
The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
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