Holyrood or Holy rood is an anglicisation of the Scots haly ruid (holy cross). The Holy Rood The Holy rood is widely considered to be a part of the cross on which Jesus died. Saint Margaret, the Princess of England in exile in Hungary, who married Malcolm III Canmore, King of Scotland, was supposed to have brought the 'Holy Rood' or fragment of Christ's cross/relic to Scotland. A fragment of the Holy Rood was brought to a Cistercian Abbey in Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland by Isabella of Ango… (More on Holyrood)