Baile Hóm

Ballyholme, situated in the Electoral Division of Bangor on the southern shore of Belfast Lough, occupies a location of significant strategic importance in early medieval Irish history. The townland's name combines the Irish 'Baile' (town) with 'Hóm', whose origin remains uncertain—possibly deriving from the surname Holm or Holmes, or from the Old Norse 'holm' meaning river meadow or low-lying ...