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Tides & Tales is a free-to-access site. We profile the best of Waterford and the surrounding areas’ maritime heritage.
Since 2014 we have continued to offer high quality content every month showcasing the richness of our maritime past. The story count is now exceeds 500 tales of ships, trades, people and the communities of the area.
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Map Man by Barry Dalby
Map Man: Irish Maps & Mapping is a new book published by Barry Dalby, the owner/operator of EastWest Mapping. The 184-page book is filled with numerous photos and as Barry states, it helps to "...address the various queries as to how we make maps, about features...
Arklow Cove Incident
On Tuesday evening, 4th August a major incident was averted as Arklow Cove was leaving Port of Waterford. At 9pm approximately the coaster was coming down the river on a flooding tide. It seems the engine failed and to avoid grounding at Morans Poles, Cheekpoint the...
Blockade of Waterford 1642
The following blog is an insight into an English naval blockade of Waterford and New Ross following an Irish uprising in 1641 which started the Confederate Wars 1641-1653. It is drawn from a first person account of Captain Thomas Powell of the armed merchantship...
Heritage Week 2026 preview
This year, as is our norm, the Tides & Tales project will contribute to several events both directly and indirectly, and will also promote other talks connected to our waterways or the harbour on the blog, by social media or in person where possible. Below is a listing of events that we want to promote […]
Road to the Passage Ferry
William Whittaker Barry completed a walking tour of Ireland. His journey was later published in book form as A Walking Tour Round Ireland in 1865, by R. Bentley in 1867. I am transcribing a short excerpt here of his trip from Waterford to the Passage East Ferry, to...
Passage East Mission 1912
This month's blog travels back to Passage East to the middle of June 1912. The origins of the story were a photo which photographer Andy Kelly shared with me some years back that he had received from Sean Furlong, who generously allowed me to use it for this story....
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