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Hollywood, County Wicklow

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is the associated Irish name for Hollywood; its literal translation being Kevin's Small Church. Another, older Irish name is
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in the village church has a vaulted roof from the 17th century. About 3 km northeast of the village is
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Piper's Stones, are 3.5 km to the southwest of Hollywood on the N81. The site is signposted.
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trees on the hills above the village or it may in fact be a reference to the presence of Wicklow
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and many pilgrims passed through, following in Saint Kevin's footsteps, on their way to the
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power station, and today serve the purpose of providing the power and water that supply
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overlooks the village from a nearby hill. It also gave its name to an album by
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Genealogy death records for headstones in the Saint Kevin's Church cemetery
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Holywood, County Down
Hollywood village
Hollywood is located in Ireland
53°05′26″N 6°36′07″W / 53.09056°N 6.601956°W / 53.09056; -6.601956
Ireland
Province
Leinster
County
County Wicklow
Time zone
UTC+0
WET
DST
UTC-1
IST
WEST
Irish Grid Reference
N938055
Irish
County Wicklow
Naas
Wicklow Gap
N81 road
2002 Census
civil parish
holly
heather
Saint Kevin

Saint Kevin

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