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The Tides & Tales Maritime Community Project currently has in excess of 500 free-to-access blogs or primary research pieces, on the local maritime heritage available. All of this is free and available to the public and we have plans for much more. Feel free to search the site, use the blog categorisations or contact the project if you require help.
In some cases this is a simple process of sharing details already to hand. We always endevour to respond. Others require further research, including linking with third parties to try and find satisfactory responses.
If you need further or more detailed research, including the references, either on an existing blog or any matter related to the maritime history of the Waterford area or beyond we would be happy to receive such requests. However, in order to sustain the project we may need to charge a research fee.
If you have a research question please contact our Coordinator through the contact page on our site. The Coordinator will assess the query and let you know the query type and cost. For example:
€0 – Straight forward query with information readily to hand.
€20 – Basic Query – supplying information we have on file or relatively easy to access.
€50 – Intermediate Query – This could be defined as a question requiring further research and time.
€90 – Advanced Query – This relates to queries that require reaching out to relevant third parties.
All funds raised will go towards sustaining the Tides & Tales Maritime Community Project and making it possible to provide the blogs and this valuable resource material.
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Captain Peter White of New Ross
Captain Peter White was born in New Ross (Rosbercon) in 1816. He first went to sea around 1831, obtained his Masters Certificate of Service (No. 48.536) on 1 February 1851 at Gloucester and worked for the William Graves & Sons, shipping company of New Ross,...
Dipps Trips – The Reaper revived
On Saturday, April 4 2026, something very special happened at Cheekpoint Quay. After many years, the fishing vessel Reaper returned to the village. It was an emotional event for many of us on the Quay that day. One of our own had put his money where his mouth was and,...
The ‘Dunmore’ Steamers: SS Creaden and SS Ardnamult
David Carroll guest post Malcomson legacy Waterford’s maritime history remains intrinsically linked with the Malcomson family. Had the Malcomson conglomerate of enterprises, which included ship owning and building, continued to prosper, one can only speculate as to...
Cymric: A brave but unlucky ship
“Tram and Ship Collide” “A tramcar and a schooner came into collision in Dublin yesterday. The tram was crossing Victoria drawbridge on the Ringsend line while a three masted schooner was being berthed in the Grand Canal Company basin, which is spanned by the...
Tempo lost at Hook Head
On a beautiful spring morning, we took a trip out to Hook Head. Rather than visit the lighthouse, however, I was keen to do a short video of the maritime exhibition. It sounded like a good plan during mid-week, but as it was Easter break, the place was hopping. I did...
Row Boat Rambles 2026
The old family fishing punt really opens up the rivers to us. A timber punt - Larch planked on oak frames, the punt was originally a prong, a flat-bottomed keelless craft which could slide along the local mudflats. But it was converted sometime in the 20 th C and so...
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