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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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Reclaiming an Irish Way of St James
This weeks blog marks a new departure, which is appropriate as we enter a new year. I've asked a number of people to contribute a piece of writing on the harbour, and these will feature on the last Friday of each coming month.Today's piece first featured in History...
An emigrants Christmas wish
To celebrate Christmas this year, I thought I'd bring you the words across the Irish sea, an emigrant's lament, a cousin of mine from the Russianside, but one of my grandmother's generation. Fr Tom Doyle was one of two brothers to enter the priesthood and both spent...
Remembering the SS Formby and SS Coningbeg
Within two days in December 1917, Waterford experienced its biggest loss of seafaring lives with the sinking of Clyde Shipping's SS Formby and SS Coningbeg. Of the 83 souls who perished 67 were from Waterford, the harbour and hinterland and the effects were profound....
Tides’n’tales walk via Mark Power Waterford Epic Locations
I publish a blog each Friday. If you like this piece or have an interest in the local history or maritime heritage of Waterford harbour and environs you can email me at [email protected] to receive the blog every week. My Facebook and Twitter pages are more...
The construction of Dunmore Pier
In 1824 Rev Richard Hopkins Ryland published The history, topography and antiquities of the County and City of Waterford. The Dungarvan native and amateur historian had set out to challenge "the incorrect ideas and false representations of flying travellers...
Lime kilns of the harbour
A lime kiln is a structure that uses heat to break down limestone rock into limestone powder. The kiln sites that remain in the harbor are based on a similar design and probably date back to the mid-18th century. Most of these kilns are double kilns, meaning they have...
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