What is recorded here
Edward Holmes is a birthplace in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland. Perhaps the field hockey player arrived there on 25 April 1880 to begin a life of running and striking. Maybe the town still holds the shape of his first breath.
Why this person is known: field hockey player
- Birthplace
- Carrickfergus
Places near here
King William III MonumentMonument · 16 yd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3549028.jpg?width=1280)
Kelly's Coal OfficeOffice · 60 yd
Battle of Carrickfergus (1760)Major battlefield · 87 yd
Carrickfergus CastleCastle · 90 yd
CARRICKFERGUS CASTLE in CarrickfergusCARRICKFERGUS CASTLE · 94 yd
Battle of Carrickfergus (1597)Major battlefield · 129 yd
MEDIEVAL PARISH CHURCH, POST-MED. & MODERN CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: ST NICHOLAS' CHURCH, ST NICHOLAS OF CRAGFERGUS in CarrickfergusMEDIEVAL PARISH CHURCH, POST-MED. & MODERN CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: ST NICHOLAS' CHURCH, ST NICHOLAS OF CRAGFERGUS · 176 yd
St. Nicholas' Church of Ireland ChurchChurch · 180 yd
FORTIFIED HOUSE built on FRANCISCAN FRIARY: JOYMOUNT in CarrickfergusFORTIFIED HOUSE built on FRANCISCAN FRIARY: JOYMOUNT · 340 yd
Carrickfergus MuseumMuseum · 347 yd
ENCLOSURE in Carrickfergus; East Central WardENCLOSURE · 531 yd
US RangersMemorial · 652 yd