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Tides and Tales is a free-to-access site that profiles the very best of Waterford and the surrounding areas’ maritime heritage.
Since 2014 the site has continued to offer high quality content every month showcasing the richness of our maritime past. The story count is now approaching 500 tales of ships, trades, people and the communities of the area.
This maritime heritage project is a community initiative which depends on the generosity of its subscribers and those who visit our site. If you feel that you’ve got value from the website, or if you would like to support the work into the future you can make a donation below.
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Remembering the Coningbeg and Formby
This December marks 106 years since Waterford endured its worst maritime tragedy. The Clyde Shipping Company steamers Formby and Coningbeg were sunk by a U-boat in the Irish Sea in 1917. Tragically, 83 lives were lost, including 67 from Waterford and its surrounding...
Freney the River Pirate
Many of you will have heard of Freney the Highwayman, but Freney the river pirate? That's certainly a new one for me. Freney the Highwayman, Freney the Robber, James Freney the noblest highwayman in Ireland. These are just three of the titles I have encountered that...
The Tramore Coast Guard Station 1874 – 2024
The Tramore Coast Guard Station 1874 - 2024 by Ivan Fitzgerald Although small in scale (94 pages in all) this book packs a punch. Broken into twelve chapters, it covers the origins of the Coast Guard, the building of the Tramore station, and some of the life-saving...
County Winner in the National Heritage Week Awards 2024
The Tides & Tales Maritime Community Project has been selected as County Winner in the National Heritage Week Awards 2024 for our event Cheekpoint - A community of the Tides for the Waterford County Council local authority area. To say we are thrilled is an...
“I Love Me County” Cian Manning Scores Again!
Cian Manning is one of Waterford’s most prolific writers and he has certainly scored again with his latest offering. This terrific book blends the immortal line of one of our favourite sporting heroes John Mullane. “I Love Me County – Waterford Sporting Stories”...
SS Torridon rescue Jan 8th 1890
On the 8th of January 1890, the SS Torridon was showing distress signals off the Wexford coastline, at anchor in a SSW gale. Three days before the ship had been struck from behind by another vessel in the English Channel and had drifted helplessly for two days...
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