What is recorded here
Rosamund Praeger is a birthplace in Holywood, County Down, Ireland. Perhaps the writer and artist arrived there in 1867, carrying the quiet certainty that observation and imagination belong together. Maybe the ordinary streets already held shapes she would later transform into story and form.
Why this person is known: Irish writer and artist
- Birthplace
- Holywood
Places near here
Rollo HouseOffice · 88 yd
CHURCH: HOLYWOOD PRIORY in Ballykeel (holywood)CHURCH: HOLYWOOD PRIORY · 158 yd
HOLYWOOD MOTTE in Ballykeel (holywood)HOLYWOOD MOTTE · 181 yd
In grateful memory of the men of Holywood and DistrictMemorial · 363 yd
ENCLOSURE (destroyed) in Ballycultra; HolywoodENCLOSURE (destroyed) · 1039 yd
Seapark BeachBeach / strand · 1078 yd
Glenlyon ParkWood · 1105 yd
North Down Coastal PathVisitor information · 1.1 mi
Redburn Country ParkWood · 1.2 mi
Ulster Transport MuseumMuseum · 1.5 mi
Ulster Folk and Transport MuseumMuseum · 1.5 mi
Window on WildlifeVisitor information · 1.9 mi