La línea férrea de Belfast a Holywood abrió en 1848, lo que impulsó el desarrollo local.Las ruinas del antiguo priorato se encuentran al final de High Street.Praeger House at Sullivan Upper Grammar School is named after the family.[3] On 12 April 2010 at around 12:24am, it was the site of a car bombing near Northern Ireland's MI5 headquarters.An elderly man was blown off his feet and treated in hospital.
