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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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Waterford to New Ross by paddle steamer 1842
I recently had some American and English visitors on a tour of the village. I found it interesting to hear their thoughts on the area and I always get as much from their perspectives and questions as I ever give. In the same way the perspective of others from years...
Lusitania – the Passage East connection
May 7th will mark the anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania. But did you know there was a link to the sinking and Passage East in Co Waterford? Well, if you didn't that makes two of us. I got a call last year from the cousin, who had heard that there was a life...
Jack Meades heritage ramble
Jack Meades pub and restaurant has got to be one of the more remarkable and intriguing 18th Century agricultural sites in the country. As a young man I hadn't much time for the older men who drank there, preferring to spend my time having the craic and the beer with...
The Lighters – work boats of the River Suir
Some boats are just not sexy. Sailing ships, paddle steamers, even smokey steam boats returning from foreign shores all have their appeal. But work boats tend to get a poor press, except perhaps amongst the men that plied their trade among them. One that surely fits...
The magical Faithlegg Salt marsh walk
When Arthur Young, the noted agriculturalist and travel writer visited the Faithlegg area in 1776 and again in 1778 he was an enthusiastic supporter of the works of Cornelius Bolton, the elder and his younger son of the same name. One of his observations was that he...
Chasing the Smugglers – Waterford harbour Coastguards 1822
The HM Coastguard service was created in 1822 when the Revenue Cruisers, Riding officers, and the Preventative Waterguard were amalgamated into a single force to try tackle incidents of smuggling and to enforce the collection of taxes. Waterford was in the top three...
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