by andrew | May 13, 2016 | Royal Navy, Waterford Seafarers
Captain James Cook is a renowned explorer who led three separate expeditions into the largely unknown Pacific in the late 1700’s and claimed much of it for his country. But he had the help of at least one Waterford man, a certain William Doyle, who has a...
by andrew | Sep 4, 2015 | Irelands Maritime Heritage, Royal Navy, Waterford Seafarers
Faithlegg Graveyard always raises mixed emotions in me. I still find it hard to read my brothers headstone for example, without being carried back in time to the afternoon he drowned. Then I look at “Big Patsy” Doherty’s headstone, with its carving...
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