About This Site
Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular built on site of Ard-mic-nascai Monastery (v. supra); Holywood (Ard Mhic Nasca in Irish) was named Sanctus Boscus by the Normans after the woodland surrounding the monastery
Historical Information
Alternative Names:
- Ard-mac-Croisk
- Ard-mic-nascai
- Ardnicise?
- de Sacro Bosco