by andrew | Sep 30, 2016 | Cheekpoint memories
We celebrated the Waterford Harvest Festival recently which had a significant input from the local Grow it Yourself GIY project. Its a philosophy that I have subscribed to with my wife Deena for many years, and I have my grandmothers generation to thank for...
by andrew | Feb 26, 2016 | Fishing Heritage, Regatta, River Lore
I was lucky enough to have been raised at a time when regattas were a big event in Cheekpoint. Families came from upriver and down, and it was a day of races, fun and camaraderie in the village. Helping out with the organising, I would often hear tales of the older...
by andrew | Feb 19, 2016 | Fishing Heritage, Irelands Maritime Heritage, River Lore
As a child there was many sights that I took for granted in a traditional fishing community such as Cheekpoint. Sights like men repairing nets, beam trawls laid out on the village green, weir poles at high water mark and timber boats of all shapes and descriptions....
by andrew | Jan 9, 2015 | Folklore, Irelands Maritime Heritage, Maritime Wexford, Waterford History
There was many a story my father told me that I dismissed, in error, as fiction. I remember one concerning a ship called the Earl of Sandwich which sounded particularly far fetched. “Four of the crew” he said “turned to piracy and cut the throats...
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