tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23237453766333822842024-03-13T03:42:47.415+00:00Stories and Tales of an Enterprising Place - South-East IrelandSouth East, South-East, Waterford, Kilkenny, Carlow, Tipperary, South Tipperary, South Tipp, Wexford, Munster, Leinster, enterprise, enterprising, entrepreneur, innovtion, innovations, innovative, innovator, innovators, stories, tales, articles, history, business, seepp, cedre, economy, WIT, waterford institute of technology, jacob, jacob's, denny's, denny, malcolmson, malcolmson's, waterford crystal, tony ryan, ryanair, suir, Ireland, blog, sea, port, chamber, commerce, board, arclabsDavid Coffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16946173916128806116noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323745376633382284.post-18623367888778239482010-08-25T09:00:00.000+01:002010-08-25T09:00:04.745+01:00Waterford Watercolours: The Clock Tower<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDKZ1rStP_ILhNm-tUZCT2WpRxLmjvLC_8kyOP9yyE-hUFlJCZjtmVW-24B3YoFo_wOYDCcCybru63QnHqtZAQxIDuCBG9raYiKWVp2YJUyrbURhy5khp7ZXnDBapj_Ow8DW_h2L0TvRs/s1600-h/water19.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 303px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDKZ1rStP_ILhNm-tUZCT2WpRxLmjvLC_8kyOP9yyE-hUFlJCZjtmVW-24B3YoFo_wOYDCcCybru63QnHqtZAQxIDuCBG9raYiKWVp2YJUyrbURhy5khp7ZXnDBapj_Ow8DW_h2L0TvRs/s400/water19.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370923993042402034" border="0" /></a>The Clock Tower is an important landmark on the city quays opposite Barronstrand Street. Built of granite and limestone it was erected in 1861 for the benefit of shipping. Originally known as the Fountain Clock, it had troughs for working horses to drink from. The clock completed in 1864, contains four four-foot dials; the original mechanism was replaced in 1954.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="fullpost">This painting is part of a collection of watercolours of Waterford by local artist John O'Regan, commissioned by <a href="http://www.waterfordcivictrust.ie/watercolours.html">Waterford Civic Trust </a>and sponsored by local bodies and companies. This particular painting was sponsored by the Granville Hotel.<br /><br />The watercolours were published in a diary for 1992,'93 and '94 after which they were donated to the municipal art collection of Waterford City Council.</div><br /></div>David Coffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16946173916128806116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323745376633382284.post-37898199360203016562010-07-28T09:00:00.000+01:002010-07-28T09:00:00.731+01:00Waterford Watercolours: The Cathedral<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKYx0tiS5M66qovbQaa-OpSnhlwxSZHiFVHPIuqPi6KVTSlOE3nMfbJaTetU-vFng9Niy8__Erc3HN_S4ibEhhYOXxP9ubNmPzlXr95r6o1DGQpae-3BndmYtIGtuuPe1GfveEYgbxfZQ/s1600-h/water18.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKYx0tiS5M66qovbQaa-OpSnhlwxSZHiFVHPIuqPi6KVTSlOE3nMfbJaTetU-vFng9Niy8__Erc3HN_S4ibEhhYOXxP9ubNmPzlXr95r6o1DGQpae-3BndmYtIGtuuPe1GfveEYgbxfZQ/s400/water18.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370923114588418770" border="0" /></a>This was the first post - Reformation Catholic cathedral to be erected in the British Isles. The site was granted by the (Protestant) Corporation and adjoined the 'Great Chapel' of penal days. The building was erected in 1793 - 1796 and was the last work of the Waterford architect John Roberts, who is unique in having designed both the Protestant and Catholic cathedrals of a city. It was masked by houses between it and Barronstrand Street. These were demolished in 1893, when the present façade was added.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="fullpost">This painting is part of a collection of watercolours of Waterford by local artist John O'Regan, commissioned by <a href="http://www.waterfordcivictrust.ie/watercolours.html">Waterford Civic Trust </a>and sponsored by local bodies and companies. This particular painting was sponsored by <i>Fewer McGinley Associates</i>.<br /><br />The watercolours were published in a diary for 1992,'93 and '94 after which they were donated to the municipal art collection of Waterford City Council.</div><br /></div>David Coffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16946173916128806116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323745376633382284.post-28843772177976610952010-07-02T09:00:00.001+01:002010-07-02T09:00:04.905+01:00The Malcolmson's<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQ3Uj_0K9JQbZ6KkKywiK4K0hEmWH6d0M5kI8We_K7kPysRwHbtGfipqeYCkDQprYBC6Us7kkzQUmlf_crVlrSLuP11a_Pns8FwoCqv98GwLzgQttrSH6JKpIWWDsLzbnkx13JkHcchU/s1600-h/quakers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQ3Uj_0K9JQbZ6KkKywiK4K0hEmWH6d0M5kI8We_K7kPysRwHbtGfipqeYCkDQprYBC6Us7kkzQUmlf_crVlrSLuP11a_Pns8FwoCqv98GwLzgQttrSH6JKpIWWDsLzbnkx13JkHcchU/s400/quakers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372065154026504658" border="0" /></a>The founder of the Malcomson business empire was David Malcomson, who came to Clonmel as a boy in 1774, David was involved in cross channel trading in corn and cotton. He married Mary Ffennel of Cahir Abbey and their sons Joseph, Joshua, John and William became involved in the family business. The Malcomsons were astute entrepreneurs and became aware of streamer developments.<br /><br />In 1836 they founded the Waterford Steam Navigation Co. By February 1843 they opened a repair yard on the Park Road, known as the Neptune Iron Works for their growing fleet of ships. Joseph took charge of the Iron Works; his wide ranging shipping interests gave him first-hand knowledge of the technical revolution that was happening in iron ship building. 40 steamships were built in Neptune's yard between 1846 and 1882, several of them were large trans-atlantic ocean liners.<br /><br /><div class="fullpost">The Malcomsons were reputed to be the largest steam-owners in the world in the 1850s and 1860s. With in twelve years the Neptune Shipyard had a workforce of 300 men under the leadership of master shipbuilders John Horn.<br /><br />In 1849 Malcomson's shipyard recruited John Horn, an outstanding shipbuilder from the Clyde, to manage Neptune. Horn was a master shipbuilder, trained in England and head hunted by Joseph Malcomson. Horn had been trained by Robert Napier, one of the greatest marine engineer and shipbuilders of the era. Horn became foreman of Napier's marine engine works in the Clyde when he was only 18.<br /><br />Horn understood and practised Brunel's construction techniques while adding his own innovations. He initiated a very ambitious and aggressive programme of shipbuilding making a mark at home and abroad. His leadership was extraordinary; the ships which were the largest being built in Ireland at the time were renowned for the strength of their hulls, one the SS Avoca was the first steamship to force the ice at Odessa.</div><br /></div>David Coffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16946173916128806116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323745376633382284.post-59360549784967355592010-06-30T09:00:00.001+01:002010-06-30T09:00:01.184+01:00Waterford Watercolours: The Bullpost, Ballybricken<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsBTF9fj6jc-fsjwdlp809DQJzTS4HqQchGHtTOw0LIYfBiKsqbuHtV1UBLgoVpoFKGdmnhUuHEAuXqpKQLE83GeUNa2x567sE1QKv2cKKyPcv6K9IAeTi5UAX609kTXvtDXyaCB_Afk/s1600-h/water17.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsBTF9fj6jc-fsjwdlp809DQJzTS4HqQchGHtTOw0LIYfBiKsqbuHtV1UBLgoVpoFKGdmnhUuHEAuXqpKQLE83GeUNa2x567sE1QKv2cKKyPcv6K9IAeTi5UAX609kTXvtDXyaCB_Afk/s400/water17.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370921906111698018" border="0" /></a>Large fairs were held here from early times down to the 1950s, and this was also the scene of the cruel but popular sport of bull baiting. Bulls were let into the ring one at a time and attacked by specially bred dogs, whose job was to pin them to the ground where they were dispatched by the city butchers to the cheers of the populace. This brutal form of entertainment was banned by law in 1798. Ballybricken has also been the scene of many stormy political meetings, and the Ballybrickener is still a very special type of Waterfordian.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;" class="fullpost">This painting is part of a collection of watercolours of Waterford by local artist John O'Regan, commissioned by <a href="http://www.waterfordcivictrust.ie/watercolours.html">Waterford Civic Trust </a>and sponsored by local bodies and companies. This particular painting was sponsored by <i>Tom Murphy Car Sales</i>.<br /><br />The watercolours were published in a diary for 1992,'93 and '94 after which they were donated to the municipal art collection of Waterford City Council.</div>David Coffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16946173916128806116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323745376633382284.post-18341272827632147232010-06-16T09:00:00.000+01:002010-06-16T09:00:03.487+01:00Annie Brophy: Waterford’s 20th century social historian<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxl7uICWMaPaKX9xauhL9656tg9SkC_dvQFJZCKe34owlw94kFDPCrr_sHSyUTf65bQagDL0kyb-LhNkS7JeZWrznR5KuHrWimBjHxC_9cRBFXZT3q_fZitQSJxZ8WSZqXzG6u7rxHvus/s1600-h/jail-wall-disaster-1943.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxl7uICWMaPaKX9xauhL9656tg9SkC_dvQFJZCKe34owlw94kFDPCrr_sHSyUTf65bQagDL0kyb-LhNkS7JeZWrznR5KuHrWimBjHxC_9cRBFXZT3q_fZitQSJxZ8WSZqXzG6u7rxHvus/s400/jail-wall-disaster-1943.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364629795813872466" border="0" /></a>Annie Brophy’s photographs play an important part in Waterford’s 20th century social history. Very few households in the city do not have at least one Brophy image, often proudly displayed in a frame on the mantelpiece or the sideboard. A visit to her studio at 9 Barker Street (just off Ballybricken) was an integral part of many “Big Days” in the lives of tens of thousands of the city’s people and many local people have “Annie Brophy” stories to tell. In 2005 Waterford City Council purchased her life’s work (over 60,000 negatives!) for deposit in Waterford City Archives.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Annie took a huge amount of photos of Waterford and surrounding areas from the 1920s to the 1970s, including pictures of local bands, teams, committees, family portraits, wedding parties and other groups. Annie also took a few more unusual photos including shots of the aftermath of the Jail Wall Disaster, that terrible event in March 1943 where 10 people were killed when part of the Jail Wall collapsed on their homes.<br /><br /><div class="fullpost">Donal Moore, City Archivist, stated: “Yet again we found the standard of the negatives in the Brophy Collection was very high. The images are a wonderful testimony to Annie Brophy’s methodical and professional approach to photography. Very few of the images had to be cleaned up or manipulated in any way. They say that every picture can tell a story so I think that this exhibition will be a large book for many Waterford people! I hope that the exhibition will bring back memories of a time gone by to many Waterford people.”<br /><br />For further information on the exhibition or the Brophy Collection please contact Donal Moore, City Archivist, on 051-843123, 087-8185715 or archives@waterfordcity.ie<br /></div></div>David Coffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16946173916128806116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323745376633382284.post-35035279701097911652010-05-24T09:00:00.000+01:002010-05-24T09:00:06.803+01:00The Blue Plaque Trail: John Condon 'Boy Soldier'<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrxFV-LpVRUBImmEPpflLMsXMt4ZZY0R6q9gcG2StNB3E5THlnVpK0e-aZZeYOBskKO_biEVEz14v4wpEmhnD4ZIofpKigZwTY7KeAShe5ATxLq3hUjBM_4ooV3gY2TfC2U-Q7QDkAHdg/s1600-h/boysoldier.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrxFV-LpVRUBImmEPpflLMsXMt4ZZY0R6q9gcG2StNB3E5THlnVpK0e-aZZeYOBskKO_biEVEz14v4wpEmhnD4ZIofpKigZwTY7KeAShe5ATxLq3hUjBM_4ooV3gY2TfC2U-Q7QDkAHdg/s400/boysoldier.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364203228942704546" border="0" /></a>It is estimated that in excess of 400,000 Irishmen fought in the Great War. This figure includes those already serving in the regular British army in 1914 and those who volunteered for service in the new Irish Divisions formed following the outbreak of the war, the 10th, 10th and 36th, as well as Irishmen serving in the armed forces of other Commonwealth nations. Roughly 4,800 men from Waterford city and county served during the war and over 700 were killed.<br /><br />Among those was John Condon, the 'Boy Soldier' of the Royal Irish Regiment who was killed in action on the 24 May 1915. From Wheelbarrow Lane, off Wellington Street, John Condon was only 14 years old when he was mortally wounded and was the youngest soldier to die in the war. Condon's grave in Flanders is one of the most visited of all the war graves and is regarded by many as a fitting symbol for the futility of war.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;" class="fullpost"><a href="http://www.waterfordcivictrust.ie/plaques.html">Waterford Civic Trust</a> has installed numerous Blue Plaques in the city to commemorate a link between a particular location and a famous person or event.</div>David Coffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16946173916128806116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323745376633382284.post-18560240747267693382010-05-13T09:00:00.001+01:002010-05-13T09:00:03.126+01:00Waterford Watercolours: Scotch Quay<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqFAPby2O41ym2rJkgNI8u4vrAU9zeU_RivgDkQ12CEO2eCq06jlPVPxriN8edeMA_IpOUp3JTZSjejnhpzPhHcbKnKQTQXrBJHn68ji0maPaN1243qnR8d5uvApJqgmyB4qgEOwRSugA/s1600-h/water16.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqFAPby2O41ym2rJkgNI8u4vrAU9zeU_RivgDkQ12CEO2eCq06jlPVPxriN8edeMA_IpOUp3JTZSjejnhpzPhHcbKnKQTQXrBJHn68ji0maPaN1243qnR8d5uvApJqgmyB4qgEOwRSugA/s400/water16.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370896265328544626" border="0" /></a>In this peaceful and forgotten corner of Waterford City St. John's River, after meandering northwards from Kilbarry along the eastern flank of the medieval city, enters the Suir. We look past the crane and buoys and across the river to the woods that border the north (Kilkenny) bank at this point. Nearby are the premises of the Waterford Boat Club, the oldest sporting organisation in the city, established in 1878.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;" class="fullpost">This painting is part of a collection of watercolours of Waterford by local artist John O'Regan, commissioned by <a href="http://www.waterfordcivictrust.ie/watercolours.html">Waterford Civic Trust </a>and sponsored by local bodies and companies. This particular painting was sponsored by <i>The Reginald</i>.<br /><br />The watercolours were published in a diary for 1992,'93 and '94 after which they were donated to the municipal art collection of Waterford City Council.</div>David Coffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16946173916128806116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323745376633382284.post-56406394044828103562010-04-27T09:00:00.000+01:002010-04-27T09:00:05.729+01:00Waterford Watercolours: Hanover Street<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8fo3hXy3KOBrcjIpT3kP7yWaRmUkj43sZ3sH537UcKNKemHNBVc6oRJgewTIiZGvLeW_zyEDNs7pFMqdlAIJYGHWvLbKFZovv-WngY8xV4YN92pJ8ExcwxW-j3Ssnp4AVhhF6FC_54ic/s1600-h/water11.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 303px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8fo3hXy3KOBrcjIpT3kP7yWaRmUkj43sZ3sH537UcKNKemHNBVc6oRJgewTIiZGvLeW_zyEDNs7pFMqdlAIJYGHWvLbKFZovv-WngY8xV4YN92pJ8ExcwxW-j3Ssnp4AVhhF6FC_54ic/s400/water11.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370892024044829970" border="0" /></a>In the middle of the last century this huge warehouse belonged to Samuel White, iron merchant, ship owner, starch manufacturer and much else. He also ran a steam mill here. Part of the premises is now an auction gallery. Now the home of the award winning Waterford Museum of Treasures.<br /><br /><div class="fullpost">This painting is part of a collection of watercolours of Waterford by local artist John O'Regan, commissioned by <a href="http://www.waterfordcivictrust.ie/watercolours.html">Waterford Civic Trust </a>and sponsored by local bodies and companies. This particular painting was sponsored by Frank English Electrical.<br /><br />The watercolours were published in a diary for 1992,'93 and '94 after which they were donated to the municipal art collection of Waterford City Council.</div><br /></div>David Coffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16946173916128806116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323745376633382284.post-66381193317462841972010-04-21T09:00:00.001+01:002010-04-21T09:00:04.240+01:00Great Waterford Ships: The Maritana<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPE-jwPd2gfy21dazxPgr_5mVb46ByQON11x3ef7Lx6qp-uoC-kL7JjcSnoTN3OQx10_VfuJAh7QggKuXgp3CEjSvuDndMUNDHtUcqrcs-yyV-F-BPcvzLqHGlDiJzoHZ1hy-dL8qo3s/s1600-h/8.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 232px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPE-jwPd2gfy21dazxPgr_5mVb46ByQON11x3ef7Lx6qp-uoC-kL7JjcSnoTN3OQx10_VfuJAh7QggKuXgp3CEjSvuDndMUNDHtUcqrcs-yyV-F-BPcvzLqHGlDiJzoHZ1hy-dL8qo3s/s400/8.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372012445154031986" border="0" /></a>The last vessel to be built in Waterford at the Neptune shipyard was the famous steam yacht The Maritana in 1882.<br /></div><br />It was 77 ft-long and weighed 30 tons and was build for Thomas Leger Atkins of Waterford.<br /><br />The Maritana was magnificently fitted and won the prize for elegance at the Cowes Regatta in the Isle of Wright in 1884.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Unfortunately, I could not find any picture of the Maritana. The above picture is of another Steam Yacht of similar age a size. </span>David Coffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16946173916128806116noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323745376633382284.post-33225033158881623772010-04-15T09:00:00.000+01:002010-04-15T09:00:05.093+01:00Annie Brophy and Kilkenny<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNkLmc11H7815LBtWwuV2BR5EW_W0YdEJm2UqiuuO7MBlhu6iQX0Jltv0BfixfXujZCe6QF2JNUbxA9_Wk3ciCe4xfxGiUilFkmBHMiX6EwJ0KKTONxoiJseKQMdy71I0LpkgLiJ4ZWPs/s1600-h/Desktop5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNkLmc11H7815LBtWwuV2BR5EW_W0YdEJm2UqiuuO7MBlhu6iQX0Jltv0BfixfXujZCe6QF2JNUbxA9_Wk3ciCe4xfxGiUilFkmBHMiX6EwJ0KKTONxoiJseKQMdy71I0LpkgLiJ4ZWPs/s400/Desktop5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364585741470449506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Extract taken from the </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.munster-express.ie/community-notes/kilkenny/annie-brophy-and-south-kilkenny/">Munster Express</a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />It was very interesting to look at the photographs taken by well known Waterford Photographer Annie Brophy at the Waterford Library premises in Waterford recently. Looking at them took people back in the history of Waterford and South Kilkenny. Indeed many of the photos hanging in the beautiful settings were of South Kilkenny people. Ms Brophy took many family gathering of South Kilkenny people and indeed remembered well as a young lad going to Barker St. after making communion and confirmation Sacraments. She was a real professional and took great care in the execution of a photograph. Congratulations to all who put this great material for the general public to view.<br /><br /><div class="fullpost">Incidentally, South Kilkenny people are among a large number that use the Library service in Waterford. It is now a great building both inside and outside. The staff there is great and very supportive. They talk of boundary issues, It is a long time since the concept of a Kilkenny County Council funded Library centered in South Kilkenny was first made a political aspiration. It is well past its cell by date and to its credit Waterford City Council has accommodated all South Kilkenny who want to join and avail of a great service.</div></div>David Coffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16946173916128806116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323745376633382284.post-52044572693456925462010-03-30T09:00:00.002+01:002010-03-30T09:00:02.401+01:00The Great Port of Waterford<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLblTPJ0X36vYetYOmQwtB19TsT3GXYg_gW536qg41HE9fThP7-ORMkNw9vbrmkmXcxVUPuTYKRvp4o8d_y8qjTg0iyVp7-GGSVzuL87EwC-IfsIgOdSRCXC53amYWnCUBJnaSD99ylbM/s1600-h/2.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 155px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLblTPJ0X36vYetYOmQwtB19TsT3GXYg_gW536qg41HE9fThP7-ORMkNw9vbrmkmXcxVUPuTYKRvp4o8d_y8qjTg0iyVp7-GGSVzuL87EwC-IfsIgOdSRCXC53amYWnCUBJnaSD99ylbM/s400/2.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372005411261948770" border="0" /></a>As a trading centre, Waterford Port can be dated back over 1,200 years to the arrival of the Vikings, who decided to make a permanent settlement in the city. In 1170 the Normans, lead by Strongbow, captured Waterford. King Henry II took control of the city the following year and many Vikings were expelled. As a result, trade in Waterford Port increased.<br /><br />Over the following centuries, imports and exports were shipped from Waterford Port to and from England and the Continent to Spain, France and Italy. Exports consisted mainly of leather, wheat, flour, butter and other agricultural produce from the area around Waterford.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;" class="fullpost">Today, the Port of Waterford is a modern commercial port. It operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week all year round, and is Ireland's fastest growing port. In 2005, Waterford City became the first Irish city to host the start of the Tall Ships' Race. Thousands of people arrived into the city to view the eighty-seven impressively tall ships berthed along the quays, including the 113.5 metre Russian Kruzenshtern and three Irish ships, the Dunbrody, Jeanie Johnston and Asgard II.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /></div>David Coffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16946173916128806116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323745376633382284.post-26844610290664848022010-03-26T09:00:00.001+00:002010-03-26T09:00:00.815+00:00The Bridges of Waterford<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4w4017PNzGqtEQFp-E_BbRcGVWxWSy7mN5H-h5z1CVdQ3wT_ZGAr-iRWSKmxXx2KEl0-9d4b1pZ7-tXVwiGP-aPF6RUxN6ZDiW7mWEnWCjhenmlOGvUScKku0ExWdLZIB8XKSsccvczU/s1600-h/Bridge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4w4017PNzGqtEQFp-E_BbRcGVWxWSy7mN5H-h5z1CVdQ3wT_ZGAr-iRWSKmxXx2KEl0-9d4b1pZ7-tXVwiGP-aPF6RUxN6ZDiW7mWEnWCjhenmlOGvUScKku0ExWdLZIB8XKSsccvczU/s400/Bridge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372055759335629426" border="0" /></a>Waterford did not have a bridge over the Suir until 1794. The river at Waterford is wide and deep and it was regarded as a huge job to build a bridge across it.<br /><br />Before 1794 access to Waterford City from many areas was by ferry. William III had granted this ferry (and fifteen others) to James Roche and by 1786 ownership had passed to Cornelius Grogan. The principal ferries, across the Suir were those at Waterford City, Passage East and Granagh. The ferries were of great antiquity and are mentioned in the Great Parchment Book of the Waterford Corporation.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;" class="fullpost">Meanwhile the renowned bridge builder Lemuel Cox of Malden, Massachusetts was invited to Waterford to build the proposed bridge. In 1785 Cox built his first bridge from Boston to Charlestown, across the Charlestown River. Before coming to Waterford he had already built the Foyle Bridge in Derry which he finished in 1792. After Waterford, Cox went on to build bridges in New Ross, Wexford, Enniscorthy and Portuma<br /><br />The site chosen for the bridge was opposite Love Lane (Bridge Street). The bridge was constructed out of American oak. The bottom of the river was levelled and trestles were placed on the river bed. Lemuel Cox was presented with the freedom of the City of Waterford in a silver box in recognition of his work on the bridge.<br /><br />The bridge was a toll bridge. This was unpopular with the citizens of Waterford but despite public complaints, Timbertoes remained a toll bridge for over 100 years. In 1906 the Corporation promoted a 'Bridge Act' that empowered them to give notice to the Bridge proprietors to purchase the bridge. By 1907 the Corporation purchased the Toll Bridge for £63, 000, making it a toll free bridge from midnight on the 31st December 1907.<br /><br />On Friday 20th December 1907 the editorial of The Waterford News reads, "The Bridge is now the property of the citizens of Waterford and on the first day of January, 1908 it will be a Free Bridge...it is safe to say it will materially increase the trade of Waterford City" The paper added, "the fight for the freedom of the bridge has been arduous and costly".</div>David Coffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16946173916128806116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323745376633382284.post-49220611125092588962010-03-18T09:00:00.000+00:002010-03-18T09:00:05.291+00:00Waterford Watercolours: Franciscan Friary or French Church<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh66u-VJr8CqGfhr8zMzMGvKmOe4zyGhNWGf_QZKl4otufFKmhyIkbO28AZbxwh5Cu4UkZc3PUJkoRqVvzabE1MGBmRRdbPQDT-fGbUi4AsXPf9Q2WOQx3mhozTx5RPinVY5tZ6rDszXZ8/s1600-h/water9.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 305px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh66u-VJr8CqGfhr8zMzMGvKmOe4zyGhNWGf_QZKl4otufFKmhyIkbO28AZbxwh5Cu4UkZc3PUJkoRqVvzabE1MGBmRRdbPQDT-fGbUi4AsXPf9Q2WOQx3mhozTx5RPinVY5tZ6rDszXZ8/s400/water9.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370887302291659922" border="0" /></a>Waterford's Franciscan Friary was founded in 1240 by Sir Hugh Purcell. At the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII, the site was granted to a wealthy Waterford merchant named Patrick Walsh, who founded there an almshouse called the Holy Ghost Hospital for sixty indigent or sick men and women of the city. In 1693 the choir of the church was granted to French Protestant refugees and the Huguenot community worshipped there until the early 19th century. The church is now a ruin and contains some interesting 16th - 17th century tombs of Waterford citizens.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="fullpost">This painting is part of a collection of watercolours of Waterford by local artist John O'Regan, commissioned by <a href="http://www.waterfordcivictrust.ie/watercolours.html">Waterford Civic Trust </a>and sponsored by local bodies and companies. This particular painting was sponsored by the Granville Hotel.<br /><br />The watercolours were published in a diary for 1992,'93 and '94 after which they were donated to the municipal art collection of Waterford City Council.</div><br /></div>David Coffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16946173916128806116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323745376633382284.post-10974331560708386432010-03-02T09:00:00.000+00:002010-03-02T09:00:02.752+00:00The Blue Plaque Trail: John J. Hearne<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWEOJyqkvLDCpji-K6gsaPHWgNe6SCRlukVX81VG8WgJ1oYESQhiC3r-DjsuqsI5t8oliVL9TLrzMhUhFX7TMvFpSCbIOCO5aPhxUXYvW84gMIfIMUfJgYSc1Nti6pijy1ldzH81Gt5zw/s1600-h/history-aug02-pic11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 187px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWEOJyqkvLDCpji-K6gsaPHWgNe6SCRlukVX81VG8WgJ1oYESQhiC3r-DjsuqsI5t8oliVL9TLrzMhUhFX7TMvFpSCbIOCO5aPhxUXYvW84gMIfIMUfJgYSc1Nti6pijy1ldzH81Gt5zw/s400/history-aug02-pic11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364269038328604530" border="0" /></a>John J. Hearne was born on 4 November 1893. His father was a Waterford boot manufacturer and mayor of the city on two occasions, in 1902 and 1903. He was educated at Waterpark College, Waterford, and at University College Dublin. Hearne joined the Department of External Affairs in 1929 as legal adviser and played a prominent role as a member of Ireland's delegation to the assemblies of the League of Nations and Commonwealth conferences of which Ireland was then a member.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />However, Hearne's lasting legacy to the Irish state is as one of the drafters of the 1937 Constitution. In January 1935 he was appointed to a committee of three senior civil servants by de Valera to prepare the new constitution.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;" class="fullpost">He was later appointed High Commissioner to Canada and in 1950 was appointed Ambassador to the United States, where he remained for the next ten years, retiring on the 4 November 1960 - four days before the election of John F. Kennedy as president. Hearne then served as a legislative consultant to the governments of Nigeria and Ghana, as these former British colonies emerged as independent nations during the 1960s. He died in Dublin in 1969.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.waterfordcivictrust.ie/plaques.html">Waterford Civic Trust</a> has installed numerous Blue Plaques in the city to commemorate a link between a particular location and a famous person or event.</div>David Coffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16946173916128806116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323745376633382284.post-62448017110665074212010-02-26T09:00:00.000+00:002010-02-26T09:00:04.546+00:00Waterford Watercolours: Newtown School<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2UEQdBADaXRj33cy-D13ZTTUv6Kt_ZS597tzeWUkqrv3PxHTHwLJuLfLqmk-O_pKh2K5NSpN6UFcUYdSkPk3qZHhm4tt1HosZU6PfQejAwocIpZuvqZsggWX0oAM0tcFpyEy6NSacTPQ/s1600-h/water13.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 305px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2UEQdBADaXRj33cy-D13ZTTUv6Kt_ZS597tzeWUkqrv3PxHTHwLJuLfLqmk-O_pKh2K5NSpN6UFcUYdSkPk3qZHhm4tt1HosZU6PfQejAwocIpZuvqZsggWX0oAM0tcFpyEy6NSacTPQ/s400/water13.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370868665447337842" border="0" /></a>In 1798 the Society of Friends (Quakers) established a boarding school for boys and girls here in the former home of the Wyse family. The school is now interdenominational but has preserved its Quaker ethos. The Society of Friends has played a leading part in the commercial life of the city since the middle of the seventeenth century, particularly in milling and baking.<br /><br /><div class="fullpost">This painting is part of a collection of watercolours of Waterford by local artist John O'Regan, commissioned by <a href="http://www.waterfordcivictrust.ie/watercolours.html">Waterford Civic Trust </a>and sponsored by local bodies and companies. This particular painting was sponsored by the Jurys Hotel.<br /><br />The watercolours were published in a diary for 1992,'93 and '94 after which they were donated to the municipal art collection of Waterford City Council.</div><br /></div>David Coffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16946173916128806116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323745376633382284.post-8140946801495396052010-02-18T09:00:00.000+00:002010-02-18T09:00:01.327+00:00Annie Brophy and the people of Waterford<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ibH1hY-D7m4kiMfTeHPhYjVNf0Y5VPVS6J1zqJXNT-DeTWGJcI63NH3rDP2Qhm4EEuBazkTRJIubr9BO-aKby_tE-iyy04mX7rqDusjIctEgDF4KFPN2cikLlSo6ktsizQUN0yeDbfA/s1600-h/1221835124190_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ibH1hY-D7m4kiMfTeHPhYjVNf0Y5VPVS6J1zqJXNT-DeTWGJcI63NH3rDP2Qhm4EEuBazkTRJIubr9BO-aKby_tE-iyy04mX7rqDusjIctEgDF4KFPN2cikLlSo6ktsizQUN0yeDbfA/s400/1221835124190_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364579240428806002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">The following extract is taken from 'An Irishmans Diary', published in the <a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2008/0920/1221835124190.html">Irish Times</a>. </span><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">IF YOU live in Waterford, there is probably an Annie Brophy photograph somewhere in your home - hanging on a wall, perhaps, or lurking in a box in your attic. Miss Brophy, as she was known, photographed the people of Waterford and the south-east for over half-a-century from 1915 until the 1970, writes <strong>Michael Kelly</strong> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Waterford City Council purchased Brophy's entire collection of nearly 60,000 negatives in 2005 and is currently exhibiting some of her wedding photographs at Christ Church Cathedral in the city. Some of the pictures were featured in this paper's Gallery supplement on Monday, September 8th.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Born in Johnstown, Waterford in 1899, Annie Brophy began her career in 1915 and established her own studio in Barker Street in 1922. At the time she was the only professional female photographer in Waterford (and possibly in Ireland). Ironically, Ms Brophy never married and finally retired in 1979 after a career that spanned more than five decades. She died in November 1986, aged 87.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="fullpost">"If you were organising a family event in Waterford, you always put aside your 'Annie Brophy money'," says city archivist Donal Moore. "Personally I believe that no two people paid her the same amount. In most cases they were her neighbours, so she knew them and their circumstances well. She was highly regarded as a portrait photographer so it was a big thing to go to her. Wedding couples would often be going to Tramore on their honeymoon and stop off with Miss Brophy on the way."<p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">For the Weddings exhibition, Moore and his colleagues took a selection of 70 photographs from her sizeable collection. "We tried to ensure that every decade of her work was represented. The selection criteria we used were first and foremost the quality of the image - and of course we tried to get different styles and poses. Some of the photos were so rare that they selected themselves."</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Putting names and details to the photographs was a mammoth task. Some were indexed but in many cases all the archivists had to go on was a surname. "It was a case of getting on the phone or calling people with the same name. A lot of it was local knowledge and thankfully Waterford is like a big village. For example, we had a photo from 1930 with the name Cummins. I reckoned the groom looked very like Senator Maurice Cummins, so I called him up and he said, 'that's my Uncle Willie!'"</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the first half of the century, according to Moore, there was typically only one photograph taken of the wedding couple and almost without exception the portrait was shot in the Barker Street studio. In later years couples insisted on wedding albums and Miss Brophy got out and about more, taking photographs in churches and hotels.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">It is the little details that help the viewer to appreciate what life was like at the time. For example, while there are some photographs of impressive bridal parties, more typically the brides are decked out in plain dresses (probably home-made) while the grooms wear jumpers beneath their suit jackets.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Bucking that austere trend was a wedding in 1944 for which two renowned Italian "fish and chip" families came together for the wedding of two of their own - Louis Forte of Belfast and Josie Delicato of Waterford. The photograph is all the more poignant given that the region from which both families emigrated - near Monte Cassino — was then at the centre of a crucial battle of the the second World War.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">There is a startling image taken in the 1930s entitled "Colfer Wedding". The groom is sitting down staring into the distance while his bride stands behind him looking forlornly at the camera. It is hard to work out whether this is a study in unhappiness or the awkwardness that many couples feel at having to pose for the photographer. We will never know; but let's hope it was the latter.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Another intriguing shot was taken in the 1950s outside Ballinamona House on the outskirts of Waterford. At first glance the picture, taken outside the front door of a stately home, looks like a gentry wedding. But look closer and the regalia of the wedding party suggests something else.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">"You look at the clothes and you realise that it's probably a wedding of household staff," says Moore.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Brophy hand-painted many of her photographs and this fact provides one of the exhibition's most compelling stories. When undergraduate student Eimear Doherty told her grandmother Anna that she had a summer job working on the Annie Brophy exhibition, her grandmother scuttled off to her room and returned with an Annie Brophy photograph of her own wedding. Taken in 1962 on the day of her marriage to Wexford farmer Mick Rowe, it was hand-painted by Brophy.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Given the skill involved in hand-painting photographs, the archivists decided to set a challenge to see if these skills could be replicated. Local photographer Terry Murphy used the Photoshop software programme on one negative, while Eimear's mother, local artist Maeve Doherty, hand-painted another. The three images stand alongside each other in the exhibition, a testament to Brophy's supreme skill as a photographic artist.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Some of those photographed were able to attend the opening night of the exhibition. Perhaps proudest of all was 92-year-old P.J. Rheinisch, who was able to gaze at his own wedding photograph, bearing the inscription: "Lieutenant P.J. Rheinisch May Morrissey, Dungarvan, 6th October, 1943."</p></div><p></p>David Coffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16946173916128806116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323745376633382284.post-76644091524733588802010-02-16T09:00:00.000+00:002010-02-16T09:00:02.635+00:00The Blue Plaque Trail: Robert Boyle<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORUBv8COU9qeftm33TL2pv2RE5ZKqBUESqun1Hw4i82x9SaLIm4uLWz83OmnC0ps_u8MlvWR0DlRWguweC9G2-WEKLzhvB-obyoQZam6Waf5ATgJ8UTbVMRRb5xaHDj5PdEYUWezY9b4/s1600-h/boyle_plaque.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 340px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORUBv8COU9qeftm33TL2pv2RE5ZKqBUESqun1Hw4i82x9SaLIm4uLWz83OmnC0ps_u8MlvWR0DlRWguweC9G2-WEKLzhvB-obyoQZam6Waf5ATgJ8UTbVMRRb5xaHDj5PdEYUWezY9b4/s400/boyle_plaque.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364256362765982450" border="0" /></a>Robert Boyle was born in Lismore Castle, in County Waterford. Richard Boyle, Robert’s father, had arrived in Ireland in 1588 as an entrepreneur, and had amassed enormous landholdings by the time Robert was born. He is best known for the formulation of Boyle's law. He is regarded today as the first modern chemist, and therefore one of the founders of modern chemistry. Among his works, The Sceptical Chymist is seen as a cornerstone book in the field of chemistry. Boyle is often referred to as the “father of modern chemistry”.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;" class="fullpost"><a href="http://www.waterfordcivictrust.ie/plaques.html">Waterford Civic Trust</a> has installed numerous Blue Plaques in the city to commemorate a link between a particular location and a famous person or event.</div>David Coffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16946173916128806116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323745376633382284.post-14435191845271645202010-02-10T09:00:00.000+00:002010-02-10T09:00:06.484+00:00Cummisky's Self-Service Supermarket, 1950s<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUoXsyZ_AxP0XpRqGF0Bazx6IG0GBvTsvGS95iJmUUknFPFK7xOa1xrRU9Bg-Jl477w-_xFGRTI8IX9VGFGEuKS46NzOrl_LigG09c1yExg00xDzmqnYTv0yxd6itZCazy_212jKMsyE/s1600-h/3.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUoXsyZ_AxP0XpRqGF0Bazx6IG0GBvTsvGS95iJmUUknFPFK7xOa1xrRU9Bg-Jl477w-_xFGRTI8IX9VGFGEuKS46NzOrl_LigG09c1yExg00xDzmqnYTv0yxd6itZCazy_212jKMsyE/s400/3.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372006497120972194" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In the early 1900s, South-East customers were served by shop assistants who helped them choose what they wanted to buy. Clothes were expensive and there were fewer clothes shops. Many people bought material and paper patterns and made their own clothes at home.At that time, shops were not self-service. Customers were waited on by serving staff and in many cases, the products on sale were kept behind the counter. Before this type of shop was replaced by modern supermarkets, the first self-service shops looked something like the one in the above picture picture.</div>David Coffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16946173916128806116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323745376633382284.post-26869420459218695662010-02-02T09:00:00.000+00:002010-02-02T09:00:04.318+00:00The Blue Plaque Trail: John Collyn<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEief7y62F3Hp8_OUEK9T87vMah433wOwnfCC-3G5pyhsLjSOznlE0F1ZkpSuRyBWIlNkMbqS4yVucLIcZuTb5NC4gdk0rRI-V_1ppCwaILAfWRqFiP0hbOzK9GnoQX6FS2CxCCcrRq2ZDQ/s1600-h/deancollyn.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEief7y62F3Hp8_OUEK9T87vMah433wOwnfCC-3G5pyhsLjSOznlE0F1ZkpSuRyBWIlNkMbqS4yVucLIcZuTb5NC4gdk0rRI-V_1ppCwaILAfWRqFiP0hbOzK9GnoQX6FS2CxCCcrRq2ZDQ/s400/deancollyn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364255114422697298" border="0" /></a>John Collyn was dean of Waterford in the latter half of the fifteenth century. He founded a Chantry Chapel, St. Saviour's and a hostel near the cathedral for poor men of the city known as the Good Men's House. This hostel was supported from the rents of property given to Collyn by some of the leading citizens of the city, including his great friend James Rice, eleven-times mayor of the city who granted Collyn '6 houses and gardens, 3 shops, 2¼ gardens, rents to the value of 30s and other tenements of unspecified value'.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;" class="fullpost">One of the properties mentioned was on the site of the present Deanery Building, beneath which is an extensive undercroft. The importance of Rice's bequest was acknowledged in the rules of this alms house, as the inmates were required to rise in their beds three times a night to pray for John Collyn, James Rice and his wife Catherine Brown.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.waterfordcivictrust.ie/plaques.html">Waterford Civic Trust</a> has installed numerous Blue Plaques in the city to commemorate a link between a particular location and a famous person or event.</div>David Coffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16946173916128806116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323745376633382284.post-3484361999852958242010-01-29T09:00:00.000+00:002010-01-29T09:00:02.349+00:00A look at Waterford City<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2tGPRM81eZPzLI3JoWjt4FYCFHr64tbdVvlVKizy1-Et13OGJBTrmgFBS3apCiLrytTaBQWMr8BYzJxzwhBdbe-6HaCer_3P4t6yt60EpJeMBWau2BGbR5h1iUBNQ_-2R0xElqMthVpU/s1600-h/Watercity.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2tGPRM81eZPzLI3JoWjt4FYCFHr64tbdVvlVKizy1-Et13OGJBTrmgFBS3apCiLrytTaBQWMr8BYzJxzwhBdbe-6HaCer_3P4t6yt60EpJeMBWau2BGbR5h1iUBNQ_-2R0xElqMthVpU/s400/Watercity.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366478333698290402" border="0" /></a>Located on the sunny south east coast of Ireland, Waterford city was established in Viking times and still has an exciting medieval flavour and riverside bustle. </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Visit the Waterford Museum of Treasures or take the Waterford Walking Tour to get a taste of this history. Prepare to be amazed by the exquisite craftsmanship on display in The Waterford Crystal Visitor Centre or vist Christ Church Cathedral Enjoy a traditional Irish music session in one of the many bar's in the city or savour fine Irish cuisine in one of the many restaurants.<br /></p><p align="justify"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV4I8YSGjk6CoSvtFlXteeF4ytJ5T2MOTcO5rCt83CzCSNkR0pZdHz_srz2Jum_d26ooFe3HC82G58O_6wW8ea1V7iosM-MpJjUWLjk4HpedYC3e88TP8VMIfP3HKjL8hNWuE_OhyM-e8/s1600-h/Watercity1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV4I8YSGjk6CoSvtFlXteeF4ytJ5T2MOTcO5rCt83CzCSNkR0pZdHz_srz2Jum_d26ooFe3HC82G58O_6wW8ea1V7iosM-MpJjUWLjk4HpedYC3e88TP8VMIfP3HKjL8hNWuE_OhyM-e8/s400/Watercity1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366478345507820386" border="0" /></a></p><p align="justify"></p><div class="fullpost"><div style="text-align: justify;">Tramore has a truly spectacular beach, a fun park and the Splashworld indoor water park is fun for kiddies and parents alike. Dunmore East is a popular destination with a beautiful tranquil town and fishing harbour as well as water sports and the annual Bluegrass Festival.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Check out the exciting Spraoi festival over the August back holiday with its breathtaking street entertainment and don’t miss the Tramore Races. Enjoy a range of activities including, fantastic golf courses, angling, horseriding, cycling and walking. Waterford hosted the Tall Ships festival in 2005 and they’re back again in 2011!</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">A natural playground for cycling, golf, walking, equestrian, and watersports enthusiasts, Waterford offers the complete holiday experience.</p><p align="justify"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGP9-4tua9k0uFT4JLUNKSfLYe8Mg7JS7j7FGMrfeP4aA_OUeomphAXwvraN80-REdR2MvkhRJpG-qPLOHpVNFiWygfqqZ8gpZD_f6tg1lF0JGxF_I23tY3A_-bA8Py58zQpGSh1bj5jc/s1600-h/Watercity2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGP9-4tua9k0uFT4JLUNKSfLYe8Mg7JS7j7FGMrfeP4aA_OUeomphAXwvraN80-REdR2MvkhRJpG-qPLOHpVNFiWygfqqZ8gpZD_f6tg1lF0JGxF_I23tY3A_-bA8Py58zQpGSh1bj5jc/s400/Watercity2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366478343788241426" border="0" /></a></p><p align="justify">For more information on visiting in the southeast region go to <a href="http://www.discoverireland.ie/southeast.aspx">discover Ireland</a></p><p align="justify"></p></div> <a href="http://www.discoverireland.ie/southeast.aspx"></a><p></p><p align="justify"><a href="http://www.discoverireland.ie/southeast.aspx"><br /></a></p><p></p>David Coffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16946173916128806116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323745376633382284.post-19231316096681467182010-01-25T09:00:00.000+00:002010-01-25T09:00:01.194+00:00Waterford Watercolours: De La Salle School<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfuYU5JTar2-Lj1QxKSTINq1HvdPlA_L6qxKWiFQzT28aqyHhT6Wda_4H1J7ZvfOOqSgLgvxv04Lbso1BzUPNtwsNjlwf8UaXNJnvADLJAgtvnNljsmxIM0-xrYxUivi0KJIBDP0dt14/s1600-h/water7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 287px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfuYU5JTar2-Lj1QxKSTINq1HvdPlA_L6qxKWiFQzT28aqyHhT6Wda_4H1J7ZvfOOqSgLgvxv04Lbso1BzUPNtwsNjlwf8UaXNJnvADLJAgtvnNljsmxIM0-xrYxUivi0KJIBDP0dt14/s400/water7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370865892857621602" border="0" /></a>The huge building, erected in 1892, dominates the suburb of Newtown. Built originally as a training college for lay teachers, it became a boarding and day secondary school for boys in 1949. It expanded rapidly and in addition to its academic achievements it has an impressive record in Gaelic football and hurling.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;" class="fullpost">This painting is part of a collection of watercolours of Waterford by local artist John O'Regan, commissioned by <a href="http://www.waterfordcivictrust.ie/watercolours.html">Waterford Civic Trust </a>and sponsored by local bodies and companies. This particular painting was sponsored by the <i>Cooper & Lybrand Chartered Accountants Waterford</i>.<br /><br />The watercolours were published in a diary for 1992,'93 and '94 after which they were donated to the municipal art collection of Waterford City Council.</div>David Coffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16946173916128806116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323745376633382284.post-50858091812940112522010-01-21T09:00:00.000+00:002010-01-21T09:00:03.007+00:00Oylegate Glenbrien A Look back in Time.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit57WEFylsMUVveNiQpF2G0LFjNhBT9fFVUPAG6o9lYXRhCiIJe1hk-34BOaSUm4GzwO7nBMzIN-VuAAM25UnZ2s5y_Skz9HAaqxuYwUDK6RkwN8Tb_Xnd6xVuI_Jqny_av4D5CKti5rs/s1600-h/da32aeeb-8f48-427e-_216331c.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit57WEFylsMUVveNiQpF2G0LFjNhBT9fFVUPAG6o9lYXRhCiIJe1hk-34BOaSUm4GzwO7nBMzIN-VuAAM25UnZ2s5y_Skz9HAaqxuYwUDK6RkwN8Tb_Xnd6xVuI_Jqny_av4D5CKti5rs/s400/da32aeeb-8f48-427e-_216331c.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364625956120475218" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="body"><span style="font-style: italic;">Following extract taken from the <a href="http://www.wexfordecho.ie/news/story/?trs=mhaugbgbsn">Wexford Echo</a></span></span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">regarding the book 'Oylegate Glenbrien A Look back in Time'</span><br /><br /><span class="body">Oylegate, Wexford, is a parish of outstanding achievement. It has produced All Ireland winning hurlers, Ireland's best ploughmen, a racehorse trainer of international renown, distilling experts, an inventor of agricultural implements, a Circuit Court Judge, and many others whose various talents have gone into shaping the parish.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Edermine Mills came into the possession of Marshalstown-man, Pat Tobin, and his aunt, Kate Whelan, in the early 20th century. Pat Tobin was an inventor, an untrained man with a natural talent for draughtsmanship and structural design in concrete and steel, who went into business as a building contractor and inventor of agricultural implements, most famously the hammer mill. He died in 1964 at the age of 57 years.<br /><br /></div><span class="body"><div class="fullpost"><div style="text-align: justify;">The book contains many other stories of a similar nature all relating to the parishes of Oylegate Glenbrien. </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The original concept for the book started as a fundraising idea for the new community centre in Oylegate, following a suggestion that a short history of the national school be compiled.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The idea was discussed at an Oylegate Community Centre Committee meeting in July 2007 and the minutes of the meeting referred to the project as a 'booklet'.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">But what started life as a school history booklet has grown into a fully fledged 400page book on the history of the OylegateGlenbrien area, called 'Oylegate-Glenbrien, A Look Back in Time'.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whilst initially the main objective was to raise funds for the community centre, it soon became apparent that the project was much bigger and more significant than a simple fundraiser,' explains Mary McCauley, Secretary of the Journal Society.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">'So we formed the Oylegate-Glenbrien Journal Society; some members from Oylegate, some from Glenbrien, some native and some new, ranging in age from a mere 24 to a stately 72-years-old!'</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Due to the strong connection between the Powers family and the area, Powers Whiskey (Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard) joined the venture as sponsors; along with White's Hotel, Sean Quirke of New Ireland Assurance and Practice PR & Events.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">To help the project's endeavours, C&R Print in Enniscorthy kindly agreed to do the layout of the book and its printing for cost price. Renowned Irish author Roddy Doyle, who has family connections to the area, has also contributed to the volume, writing the foreword. 'We all agree that it has been one of the best committees we have worked on and one of the most enjoyable too. Our early meetings consisted of brain-storming sessions, as we sought to identify potential articles. As more and more stories came to light, we came to realise the extent of the noteworthy and remarkable history of the area. To record, as best as possible, the folklore and history of our villages and townlands became our primary objective,' said Mary.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The book committee, comprising Carmel Maher and Tom Miller (Joint Chairpersons), Mary McCauley (Secretary), James Hayden (Treasurer), Padraig McManus, Maureen Somers, Aidan Quirke, Art Bennett, John Roche and Aidan Ryan, have endeavoured to include as many of the interesting stories as possible.</p><span class="body"></span></div><br /></span>David Coffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16946173916128806116noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323745376633382284.post-39944973960555461922010-01-19T09:00:00.003+00:002010-01-19T09:00:02.758+00:00The Blue Plaque Trail: Thomas Hussey<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkTQB-v6f7j-8yMxaSQECxga1AI8VNnVEhCuleTaV88jZ24Oa8tDeVr6vZJFbx-WJQ9hZfhpMx0sNufe8JaCUGY1D-PKdvMikvIM1n648ljJ6j7Ovrj8rs2gkfdhOTP8Ccsvn5j8sUVCk/s1600-h/thomashussey.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkTQB-v6f7j-8yMxaSQECxga1AI8VNnVEhCuleTaV88jZ24Oa8tDeVr6vZJFbx-WJQ9hZfhpMx0sNufe8JaCUGY1D-PKdvMikvIM1n648ljJ6j7Ovrj8rs2gkfdhOTP8Ccsvn5j8sUVCk/s400/thomashussey.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364247073086433426" border="0" /></a>Thomas Hussey was born at Ballybogan Co. Meath in 1746 and studied for the priesthood at the Irish College at Salamanca in Spain. In 1767 he was appointed as chaplain to the Spanish Embassy in London. Following his return to Ireland Hussey played a key role in the establishment of Maynooth College with government help and was appointed its first president in 1795. In 1797 he was consecrated Bishop of Waterford and Lismore. He lived for a time in an imposing house on Gracedieu Road. During his time as bishop he encouraged the establishment of Catholic schools in the diocese by the Presentation Sisters and also encouraged Edmund Rice in educating poor boys. He died in 1803 and is buried within the grounds of the Catholic Cathedral.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;" class="fullpost"><a href="http://www.waterfordcivictrust.ie/plaques.html">Waterford Civic Trust</a> has installed numerous Blue Plaques in the city to commemorate a link between a particular location and a famous person or event.</div>David Coffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16946173916128806116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323745376633382284.post-16052535115866839582010-01-15T09:00:00.001+00:002010-01-15T09:00:02.269+00:00The coming of the railways<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrG-zR8IpfdqKNP-kHF-600AnaTW22-hERUoWrIOT_MfadlbQno-EYOmK4-Sq6YJJ3OiKAQmbxh-AQhh3qmx78yuYZRLg7p-BGlO3EqtqJHqWyYn3q8899AN-aE8iu8ZL0GnUBbX_w3j4/s1600-h/rail.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrG-zR8IpfdqKNP-kHF-600AnaTW22-hERUoWrIOT_MfadlbQno-EYOmK4-Sq6YJJ3OiKAQmbxh-AQhh3qmx78yuYZRLg7p-BGlO3EqtqJHqWyYn3q8899AN-aE8iu8ZL0GnUBbX_w3j4/s400/rail.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372040891508626850" border="0" /></a>A busy railway ran from Waterford to Tramore from 1853 to 1960. It was 7 ¼ miles long and unconnected to any other line. There were no stops on the line between Waterford and Tramore. It took fifteen minutes to travel between the two stations.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Quakers started many of the industries in Waterford and they were also responsible for establishing the railway from the city to Tramore. They were shrewd business men who also wanted to help their fellow citizens. Quakers had already built the line fr om Waterford to Limerick in 1848 and it was so successful that they planned to build a further line to Cork via Dungarvan and Youghal but the money ran short and the line was never built.<br /><br /><div class="fullpost">The first sod was cut on the 10th September 1853 and the railway was completed by 2nd September of the same year. This was record time. The line was built using picks, shovels and horses; part of the track was built on bog by laying the rails on trestles of trees. The line only had two signals, one at Tramore and one at Bath Street crossing gates. There were no signal cabins as it was a single line of track.</div><br /></div>David Coffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16946173916128806116noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323745376633382284.post-84543888065382137772010-01-13T09:00:00.000+00:002010-01-13T09:00:02.847+00:00Photo's of times past: Saratoga c1900<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW6oAGJZGgR7sSCtIDMhyphenhyphenXKBwjpPrikB5ciGyYgCYEdBSuDdzPAxqAJrmx2RNYlw9eR2B2lsEOHe6_NUhne3n9D4qsYs2tFDVzYS_rpBC1CJH9TGGoU-taghMGi3N-6JWMS3Ag9jIXPPY/s1600-h/shadows10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW6oAGJZGgR7sSCtIDMhyphenhyphenXKBwjpPrikB5ciGyYgCYEdBSuDdzPAxqAJrmx2RNYlw9eR2B2lsEOHe6_NUhne3n9D4qsYs2tFDVzYS_rpBC1CJH9TGGoU-taghMGi3N-6JWMS3Ag9jIXPPY/s400/shadows10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371259445272829250" border="0" /></a>The Saratoga is the first and only public house in Woodstown. Local folklore offers two possible explanations why the pub is so named:<br /><br /> (1) Named after a race-track in upstate New York by a returned emigrant who made good money in the U.S.A. and purchased the premises.<br /><br /> (2) Named after an American sailing ship breached in Waterford Harbour in early 19th century.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;" class="fullpost"><i>Shadows of the Past</i> a photographic stroll through old Waterford began as an exhibition mounted by <a href="http://www.waterfordcivictrust.ie/shadows.html">Waterford Civic Trust </a>as part of the Tall Ships Festival in Waterford City during July 2005. The tremendous success of the Tall Ships for the city was mirrored in the success of the exhibition. The huge public response to these photographs prompted the Trust to publish <i>Shadows of the Past</i>.</div>David Coffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16946173916128806116noreply@blogger.com1