by andrew | Mar 31, 2017 | Guest Posts, Irelands Maritime Heritage, Waterford History, Waterford Seafarers
Today’s guest blog, is from one of my earliest supporters and sources of encouragement, Brendan Grogan. Brendan has worked in the background and supplying photos, information and advice on my online mission to celebrate Waterford Harbours maritime tradition....
by andrew | Mar 24, 2017 | Built Heritage, Cheekpoint memories
If I had a penny for the number of people who asked me what was the factory across from Cheekpoint with the big chimneys I’d be wealthy. Of course those distinctive 450 foot chimneys, which belched black smoke into the atmosphere for just over three decades,...
by andrew | Mar 17, 2017 | Cheekpoint memories
Happy La le fhéile Padraig, an occasion for the “wearing of the Green”. During my childhood I really looked forward to it and particularly the nine am mass at Faithlegg Church. I guess the mass stands out, as in those days before it became a “festival”...
by andrew | Mar 7, 2017 | Irelands Maritime Heritage
I could heartily recommend to anyone in Waterford city in the next two weeks, to call to Central Library in Lady Lane and take a few minutes to view an art project, from which I take this blog title. The Roses from the Heart project is a means of highlighting the...
by andrew | Mar 3, 2017 | Irelands Maritime Heritage
Today marks the 6th successive commemoration of one of the most important events in modern Irish history. The 1848 Tricolour celebration marks the first raising of our national flag, at the Wolf Tone Club, 33 the Mall Waterford. The man responsible and who conceived...
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