'Quiet confidence' McIlroy can bring green jacket home

Rory McIlroy's hometown is buzzing with his Holywood ending

Holywood has always been proud of Rory McIlroy but it has reached a whole new level after his dramatic win.

Rory McIlroy: For the boy from Holywood, County Down, it's a Hollywood ending

Dad Gerry and mum Rosie both took second jobs to fund their son's career. It paid off when he won four major championships by the age of 25, having first become world number one aged 22.

Crowds gather at Holywood Golf Club as McIlroy eyes historic win at Augusta

The locals are ready to party if their hometown hero gets to wear the famous green jacket

'Quiet confidence' McIlroy can bring green jacket home

There's a quiet confidence in Rory McIlroy's home town of Holywood in Co Down that he will make history and bring the famous Masters green jacket home.

Rory McIlroy and his hometown: A tortured stew of identity politics

Holywood is the epitome of what the ‘Northern Ireland Dream’ could have been, if only they knew how to sell it.