with Philip Byrne, January 2014 The little village of Hollywood lies just off the busy N81 Baltinglass to Blessington road In West Wicklow. It has an interesting history combining as it does both fact and folklore.  The first mention of Hollywood, then spelt with only one ‘L’ was in 1305 in the Calendar of Ormond … Continue reading Down the Decades: How the Two Hollywoods Got Their Name