Resultado de búsqueda
El condado de Down (en irlandés: Contae an Dúin) es uno de los seis condados de Irlanda del Norte, Reino Unido. La capital del condado es Downpatrick, aunque la ciudad más grande es Bangor.
El condado de Down es uno de los seis condados de Irlanda del Norte, Reino Unido. La capital del condado es Downpatrick, aunque la ciudad más grande es Bangor. Pertenece a la provincia tradicional del Úlster y limita al norte con el condado de Antrim, con el mar de Irlanda al este y con el condado de Armagh al oeste.
El síndrome de Down (SD) es un trastorno genético causado por una copia extra del cromosoma 21 (o una parte) en vez de los dos. Se caracteriza por un grado variable de discapacidad intelectual y unos rasgos físicos que le dan un aspecto reconocible.
¡Visita el condado de Down, en Irlanda del Norte, y descubre una tierra que inspiró las fantásticas tierras de Juego de Tronos y Narnia! Con sus montañas y bosques épicos, el condado de Down parece un reino de fantasía…
- Toponymy
- History
- Demography
- Places of Interest
- Transport
- Wildlife
- Education
- Notable People
- See Also
The English name Holywood comes from Latin Sanctus Boscus 'holy wood'. 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 Haliwodein a 14th-century docum...
In the early 19th century, Holywood, like many other coastal villages throughout Ireland, became popular as a resort for sea-bathing. Many wealthy Belfast merchants chose the town and the surrounding area to build large homes for themselves. These included the Kennedys of Cultra and the Harrisons of Holywood. Dalchoolin House stood on the site of t...
As of the 2011 United Kingdom census on 27 March, there were 11,257 people living in Holywood.Of these: 1. 18.29% were under 16 years of age and 18.79% were 65 or older 2. 48.99% were male and 51.01% were female 3. 62.25% were from a Protestant or other Christian background and 23.11% were from a CatholicChristian background. 4. 3.39% of people age...
Holywood is known for its maypole at the crossroads in the centre of town. Its origin is uncertain, but, according to local folklore, it dates from 1700, when a Dutch ship is said to have run agrou...The nearby Maypole Bar is known locally as Ned's.There is a Normanmotte in the town which may have been constructed on an earlier burial mound.The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum illustrating the way of life and traditions of the people of Ulster is nearby, at Cultra.On 2 August 1848, the first leg of the Belfast and County Down Railway, or BCDR, was opened from Belfast to Holywood. The Holywood railway station opened simultaneously. The railway line was extended via the Belfast, Holywood and Bangor Railway (BHBR) to Bangor, and the extension opened on 1 May 1865. The BCDR acquired the BHBR in 1884.Holywood sta...
Records of the marine algae include: Polysiphonia elongata, Laurencia obtusa, Chondria dasyphylla, Pterothamnion plumula, Rhodophyllis divaricate, and Coccotylus truncates.
The town contains the following schools: Holywood Primary School, Holywood Nursery School, Holywood Rudolf Steiner School, Priory Integrated College, Rockport School, St. Patrick's Primary School, and Sullivan Preparatory School and Sullivan Upper School.
Mark Adair, former cricketer for Warwickshire County Cricket Club; former Sullivan Upper SchoolpupilFr. Stephen Brown, SJ, writer, librarian, founder of the Central Catholic Library(in Dublin), was born in HolywoodBangor (/ˈbæŋɡər/ en irlandés: Beannchar [ˈbʲaːn̪ˠəxaɾˠ]) es la ciudad más poblada del Condado de Down en Irlanda del Norte. Bangor se encuentra en la costa de la Belfast Lough, desarrollándose alrededor de uno de los primeros resorts turísticos de Irlanda.
Europa. Islas Británicas. Reino Unido. Irlanda del Norte. Condado de Down. El condado de Down es uno de los seis condados de Irlanda del Norte, Reino Unido. La capital del condado es Downpatrick, aunque la ciudad más grande es Bangor. discovernorthernireland.com. Wikipedia. Foto: Wikimedia, CC0.
