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The Tides and Tales Maritime Community Project currently has about 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.
The project also receives requests on a weekly basis for further information. Some research queries relate to the blogs already written, and 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 would 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:
€20 – Basic Query – supplying information already to hand, or 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 so raised will go towards sustaining the Tides and Tales Maritime Community Project and making it possible to provide the blogs and this valuable resource material.
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St John’s Pill
St John's Pill Waterford's St John's Pill or St John's River is a historic landmark in the development of the city. Initially, it was a major factor in Viking settlers choosing the area for their Longphort. The marshes it drained provided a strategic defence for the...
Pilot Boat Master
Like every port in Ireland and beyond - there are rules. Many of these are standard, but others are unique and specific to a given port, primarily due to its geographic location. Waterford had many such specific rules and one category was for the Pilot Boat Master. ...
I was delighted to come across this podcast from Finn Dwyer - AKA Irish History Podcast. Its a question I am often asked. He covers it comprehensively here - although he doesn't touch on the scotch weir phenomenon. During the Great Hunger of the 1840s, one million...
Shipwrecks off the Waterford Coast 1914-1918
There has been a long history of shipwrecks off the Waterford coast. During the First World War and the battle for control of the seas between the German and British navies, many ships were sunk along the coast of Waterford in the period 1914-1918. The addition of the...
Captain Jim Murphy turns 80
Jim Murphy - the Early Years Jim Murphy was born on the 6th of February 1945. Born to a maritime family, in a maritime community, it's perhaps not surprising that he chose the sea for a career. Settling in Liverpool in the mid-1960s he steadily rose through the ranks...
Pat Murphy Cheekpoint
Pat Murphy, Cheekpoint, has died aged 87. He passed away on Friday January 3 2025. I don't normally record such events on the blog, but in Pat's case, I had to. You see Pat was a character who played a major role in my work. Pat was a community activist (to coin the...
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