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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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Jack Meades or Half Way House
Jack Meade's is one of Waterford's, if not the country's, most popular pubs/restaurants. Like all businesses it has had to adapt and diversify to remain viable, and given that it's over 300 years old, its seen more than a bit of change down the years. The pub itself...
Meeting of the “Three Sisters”
After 50 years of living with the geographical feature that is the meeting of the Three Sisters, you might think that I would take it for granted at this point. Truth is though, I can't ever remember a time that the rivers fail to interest me. Ever changing and...
Waterford harbour kidnappers
I first heard about the press gang menace while fishing for salmon in the river as a child. The story was introduced, like so many others by my father, in a dramatic way. We were drifting on the ebb tide at night, off Ryan's shore, when we heard a boat rowing...
The light that sweeps the harbour
One of my earliest childhood memories was playing with my siblings in the old house on the hill in Coolbunnia one chilly summer morning. The scene was unsettling to us I remember, because our usual/familiar view of the harbour, the three rivers flowing our towards...
Threatened monuments of Waterford harbour
Some might consider this title a mite provocative. Indeed others might think on the date of publication and ponder a connection. However, although it is intended to be provocative, it is in no way a joke. The monuments I refer to are at least a millennium old and are...
Ice – Waterford’s forgotten trade
There's nothing as fickle as a market I guess. Products that go from boom to bust in a few short years, or less today when we think of technology. In the past Waterford, along with many other ports traded in a commodity that was considered an essential for the food...
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