It comes as a source of pride that Waterford has made such a unique contribution to the Irish national holiday. Ireland’s oldest city staged the first parade in 1903, the first year the day became an official holiday. A citizen of the city, TF Meagher, flew the...
Thomas Francis Meagher was born in 1823 in the building that is now the Granville Hotel on Waterford’s busy quays. The family spent some years at Ballycanvan, hence the family tomb at Faithlegg. Thomas got an expensive...
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