by andrew | Nov 10, 2017 | Cheekpoint memories
Cheekpoint and McAplins Suir Inn are synonymous. One without the other seems unimaginable. The family came to the village in 1971 and this last week celebrated 46 years in business in the village. An achievement worth recording in itself, but the pub itself dates to a...
by andrew | Apr 15, 2016 | Irelands Maritime Heritage, Royal Navy, Waterford History
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...
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