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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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The Dunmore East lighthouse
Comparisons, it's said, is the thief of joy. So when it comes to the two lighthouses at either side of the mouth of the harbour, I would suggest that it is silly to choose one over the other. Hook light is much better known as the oldest working lighthouse in Europe,...
SS Irish Willow’s mercy mission to Dunmore East
On the 1st September 1942, the SS Irish Willow rounded Hook Head and steamed for Dunmore East. With her destination Waterford port, it was a familiar course. But rather than being met by the pilot boat, this time she was intercepted by the local life boat Annie...
The Campile Bombing
The day after my fathers ninth birthday, 26th August 1940, he witnessed something that profoundly marked his life. Up on the hills around the village he caught sight of his first ever German air plane which was followed closely by the dropping of bombs on the small...
A brief history of Faithlegg
This Sunday 21st August my wife Deena and I will conduct a heritage walk through Faithlegg commencing at 12noon at the Church. Its the 11th year that we've organised something for Heritage Week . Faithlegg is probably best known now as a location for weddings,...
Menacing mines in Waterford Harbour
Floating mines were a feature of both World Wars. These menacing mines in Waterford Harbour were deployed at sea or around the coast. The target was primarily the shipping that sustained the Allied side or thwarted naval incursions. Although the sailors who suffered...
U Boat tragedy in Dunmore East
Standing on the breakwater at Dunmore East last night, I found it hard to try to cast my mind back to the scene 99 years ago to the day. For on August 4th 1917 just after midnight, an explosion ripped through the hull of a U Boat laying mines between Dunmore and the...
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