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holyhead
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What does holyhead mean?
proper noun
- A town and community with a town council on Holy Island, in the county of Anglesey, Wales (OS grid ref SH2482).
- A surname.
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“Still two miles to Holyhead by the road,” thought I. “Nos da,” said I to the woman and sped along.
All that day we lay in Holyhead, but I could neither read nor write nor draw.
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This, however, being contrary to his intention, he entrusted himself to the higher current, and by it was carried to the north-west of Holyhead.
The result was, that Howth on the one coast, and Holyhead on the other, were fixed upon as the most eligible sites for packet stations.
Still we swept onward like a phantom ship, and many an eager eye glanced up to where the Look-out on the mast kept watch for Holyhead.