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Notice of Annual General Meeting 24/25

Tuesday 24th March 2026 at 7pm

Downstairs room, Holywood Yacht Club

Part 1: Formal AGM business (agenda link)

Part 2: Speaker: Helen McLean - mosaic artist

Helen McLean founded her art studios McLean Fine Arts 35 years ago. Originally from Holywood, after college her studio relocated from Glasgow to Wexford in 2001. Helen creates artworks in paint, mosaic, and glass, with projects commissioned in Ireland, the UK, and the USA. Over the past 30 years, Helen has installed mosaic artworks overseas and close to home in Holywood, Downpatrick, and Belfast. Recently, her community projects rejuvenating laneways in Wexford town have won national and local awards. Helen's work frequently involves community collaborations. Currently, she is collaborating with the local Holywood / Marino community and Translink on mosaic artworks to the newly installed Marino Station ramp.

More information about Helen's work can be found here: Glass and Mosaic Artist | Helen McLean Artist

Everyone is invited to attend the AGM, but please register by emailing: info@holywoodsharedtown.org


Link to Annual Report and Accounts

From Heritage and Station Stories to Community Mosaic

Tuesday 24th March 2026 at 1pm

Holywood Library, free to attend

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Co-Creating a New Artwork for Translink's Marino Railway Station 

You are invited to a talk by mosaic artist Helen Mclean in 
collaboration with Boom studios and Marino blooms again members 

In association with Translink 
 

Creative Holywood Festival
(1/2/2026)

Our Creative Holywood Festival 2026 running is now live and booking. 

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Festival highlights include ‘in conversation’ events with leading actors from the hit play ‘The Agreement’ and the producer of ‘Kneecap’.  Enjoy an evening of music with a Latin American vibe from Los Dramaticos; the Ulster Consort return to the festival for the third year in a row to perform Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and Seefin will be serving up a blend of traditional and classical music at our annual mellow Sunday morning coffee gig. 

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We would like to thank our sponsors, Ards and North Down Borough Council, The Arts Council for Northen Ireland and Holywood Chamber of Comerce, for their on-going support for the Festival

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Full details and booking please see our Events Page

Dunville Heritage Garden Big Bird Watch (19/1/2026)

It was a wet and miserable day over in Our Holywood Green Gym, but Orla, from TCV (The Conservation Volenteers), gave us a bird talk which was anything but dull! We meandered through Redburn “soaking” in the sights and sounds of the birds around us with Orla bringing nature to life.
Click HERE to see the event video.

Dunville Heritage Garden will be hosting more events and talks over the next few weeks and months, so get in touch, or follow along to hear how you can get involved.

Holywood Shared Town new website (1/12.2025)

We are delighted to launch our new website in 2025. The new site provides a user friendly interface to access all content relevant to HST.

We're keen to hear your views and feedback on the new site. Please get in touch with any comments HERE.