Helen Keller visits Waterford

Helen Keller visits Waterford

by | Jun 16, 2022 | Waterford History

Recently Cian Manning featured a story in Irelands Own about the visit of disability rights campaigner Helen Keller to Ireland. Her entry point to the country was via Waterford City by ship and here Cian reprises the article with a specific focus on the local element....
Cretefield – Waterford’s Concrete Ship

Cretefield – Waterford’s Concrete Ship

by | Jun 13, 2022 | Waterford Ships

As a young fisherman I regularly passed a curious vessel at what we called CAP. The area also had a grander title – Bellevue – the French for a beautiful view, assigned to a then crumbling Georgian era mansion. The name was at odds with the reality of that...
Falskirt Rock

Falskirt Rock

by | May 27, 2022 | Lifeboats, Waterford History

My first introduction to Falskirt Rock was in the Spring of 1984 fishing on the decked motor boat Reaper with Jim Dips Doherty and his neighbour Denis Doherty.  Denis pointed it out to me as we steamed away west from Dunmore East towards Tramore Bay with a deck filled...
Our Mayday Mile event in photos 2022

Our Mayday Mile event in photos 2022

by | May 23, 2022 | Lifeboats, Project Updates

We completed our Mayday Mile event – Cheekpoint to Dunmore by Cliff and Shore – in aid of our local RNLI station at Dunmore East on Sunday, May 22nd, 2022. Although the day dawned overcast and damp by 11 am the cloud was lifting and the walk proceeded in a...