The Faithlegg “dungeon”

by | Jun 22, 2018 | Built Heritage, Cheekpoint memories

We often fear what we don’t know, have never experienced or what is new and different. As free ranging children of the 1970’s one of the more mysterious and fear inducing encounters must have been in what was then called the “Oak Woods” but...

Faithlegg House – a brief history

by | Jun 2, 2017 | Built Heritage, Waterford History

Faithlegg House was built in 1783 by Cornelius Bolton, then landlord of the Faithlegg/Cheekpoint area of east Waterford. Known as a progressive businessman and politician one can presume he intended Faithlegg as not just his home but a statement of his stature in the...

The Faithlegg Ice House

by | Jun 27, 2014 | Built Heritage

I’m not sure how many know of the Faithlegg Ice House.  Like Limekilns, the purpose of them appear to have been forgotten.  As a teen I remember walking in what we called locally the Oak Wood (although at the time all that remained were stumps...