Cheekpoint Quay

Cheekpoint Quay

by | Jun 30, 2023 | River Lore, Waterford History

The oldest map I have seen of the area (1764) indicates Cheekpoint at what we know locally as the Sheag Rock close to the Mount Avenue. The present village and a quay are indicated but called Faithlegg Slip! We know that a quay was here for the Mail Packet ships from...
Hilda shipwreck at Duncannon, Christmas 1897

Hilda shipwreck at Duncannon, Christmas 1897

by | Jun 22, 2023 | River Lore, Shipwrecks

In March I was lucky enough to deliver a talk for the Dublin Bay Old Gaffers at Poolbeg and after the talk Jonathan Wigam came up to me with some images that were taken in his great grandfather’s time –Edward Jacob, an agent for Lloyds of London based in...
Tom Poors Quay

Tom Poors Quay

by | May 31, 2023 | Ballyhack, River Lore

I’ve recorded the name Tom Poors Quay before as part of a blog on the Lightermen. I had heard it called Lighterman’s Quay in Cheekpoint although it does not seem to have been called by this elsewhere. In Ballyhack the name Tom Poor is common…and most...