The Waterford Trivia Thread

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Or to subtitle it

"Jaysus you learn something new everyday"

#1 The Jolly Barber is owned by a man called Hylton Jolly.

Straycat

jacobs biscuits origionally set up in waterford:)

jimbojazz

The modern bacon curing process and thus the rasher was invented in Waterford

The first frog in Ireland was released in Waterford

The first Governer of New Zealand was Waterford born William Hobson

and last but not least John Halligan and Stephen Hunt are not the same person

looksee

John's River originally ran down where the Mall is now.

larchielads

the tri colour was first flown in waterford(the irish one that is)

Beeker

Straycat wrote: »

jacobs biscuits origionally set up in waterford:)

The Cream Cracker was invented and first produced by Jacobs in Waterford. Originally called a Ships biscuit:)

MitchKoobski

John Halligan was in the running to star in an irish version of Magnum P.I. (....not true, but a man can dream)

"By Hook or by Crook"
Legend has it that in 1169, Richard de Clare (aka Strongbow, the Earl of Pembroke) came up with the phrase during the Normal assault on Waterford. He apparently said he would lad his army in Ireland by Hook Head or by Crook village, which face each other on opposite sides of the Suir. He actually ended up landing in Passage.
Another theory on the phrase says that it was coined by Oliver Cromwell when he stated that Waterford would fall "by hook or by crook", once again planning to land the army at either of those points.

There's a number of theories on where it came from, but I prefer to believe the above.

Beeker

Ryanair started with their first flight from Waterford airport in 1985. They used a 15-seater Bandeirante aircraft to fly to Gatwick in London.

Barule

Oscar Wilde delivered a lecture about America from the stage of the Theatre Royal

Great thread by the way!

Trick of the Tail

There are five 'Streets' in Waterford beginning with 'W'.

A.

west101

larchielads wrote: »

the tri colour was first flown in waterford(the irish one that is)

on 33 The Mall

Barule

alinton wrote: »

There are five 'Streets' in Waterford beginning with 'W'.

1 William Street

Roen

Barule wrote: »

1 William Street

2. Wilkin Street
3. Water Street

Beeker

4. Waterside

ziedth

5. Wellington Street (I knew living there would come in handy )

looksee

Waterside isn't a 'street'

dazftw

U2 played in the showboat :rolleyes:

Max Powers

Ernest Walton - Ireland's only Science nobel prize winner was born here, so was
Robert Boyle (Boyle's law), made many breakthroughs on the area of air/volume/water etc. and

The youngest soldier to die in WW1 (John Condon) was from Ballybricken (yet we have no decent monument for him a decent location. By the way all you Sinn Fein nutters, he wasnt out there fighting for Britain, he wasnt even out there fighting for Irish freedom which was promised, but he was out there fighting because it was the only way to make some money to live, a bigger tragedy I believe than dying for any other cause.

TF Meagher commanded a group of soldiers in the american civil war that were christened the now infamous 'Fightin' Irish'

Asmodean

Love this thread!

jmcc

dazftw wrote: »

U2 played in the showboat :rolleyes:

They also played out in WIT (Or WRTC as it was back then.)

Regards...jmcc

MitchKoobski

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_O%27Sullivan
Waterford born singer/songwriter Gilbert O' Sullivan sued rapper Biz Markie in 1991 over the rights to use a sample of one of Sullivan's songs "Alone Again (Naturally)". ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Upright_Music,_Ltd._v._Warner_Bros._Records,_Inc.) As a result of this court case, the practise of sampling other songs in hip-hop songs drastically changed forever. Records created with dozens of samples were no longer possible. Each and every sample would now have to be cleared before it could be used. From that point on you had to pay a fee to sample part of a song in your record.

Pity he doesn't like us anymore.

south

It is believed that Reginald's Tower was the first Irish building to use mortar .........

Roomic Cube

There are little drain covers from 1920s freestate ireland somewhere up the town.

The letters VR on the door of the post office depot on the quay stand for "Victoria Regina" it is the royal cypher of Queen Victoria.

THall04

Waterford has the worlds most frequently painted piece of cliff........

Trick of the Tail

Waterside isn't a 'Street' - so what's the fifth?

A.

Chris P. Bacon

alinton wrote: »

Waterside isn't a 'Street' - so what's the fifth?

A.

Water st?

looksee

Someone said Water Street.

Chris P. Bacon

looksee wrote: »

Someone said Water Street.

Thats me out then

abouttobebanned

Don't me ruining my super thread with silly trivia!

Trick of the Tail

The proper name of "The Folly" is "Richardson's Folly".

So - here's one I don't know - who was Richardson and what was his folly?

A.

jmcc

The first ever hack on Sky took place in Waterford.

The Mall used to be a Viking ship factory.

Waterford was supposed to have provided Brian Boru's Navy and marine transport.

Regards...jmcc

wmpdd3

alinton wrote: »

The proper name of "The Folly" is "Richardson's Folly".

So - here's one I don't know - who was Richardson and what was his folly?

A.

Would that be why there is Richardson meadow beside St Herblain?

giles lynchwood

waterford is the closest irish port to mainland europe

ROCKMAN

UB40 played in St John's Park .

Finnbar01

Ardmore was the first christian monastic settlement in Ireland.

Trick of the Tail

ROCKMAN wrote: »

UB40 played in St John's Park .

As did Howard Jones!

(In a gig promoted by ABC Radio!)


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giles lynchwood

1649 Waterford only Irish town to resist Cromwell
1783 George and William Penrose opened glass factory,closed by high tax in 1851.
1794 bridge built across suir,832 feet long.
From Grattan quay to Adelphi quay is one mile
Waterford port was closed by a strike for 13 year's
AFAIK,during the steam ship era O'connell street was the red light district and nicknamed Garter lane hence the theater company name.

BBM77

The Waterford City Archives have a set of plans for an underground railway for the city drawn up in the nineteenth century.

jimbojazz

Ballybrickenman wrote: »

The Waterford City Archives have a set of plans for an underground railway for the city drawn up in the nineteenth century.

Yeah, didnt get very far though - seemingly some fella called Mc Cann(t) objected to it.

Cabaal

alinton wrote: »

The proper name of "The Folly" is "Richardson's Folly".

So - here's one I don't know - who was Richardson and what was his folly?

A.

Maybe he built something costly?

costly undertaking having an absurd or ruinous outcome.

Trick of the Tail

Well a 'folly' in the architectural sense means one of those strange little mini-castles, towers, arches etc that you see occasionally which were built for no useful purpose, but to satisfy someone's whimsy.

Like the Brown-Clayton pillar at Carrickbyrne on the New Ross to Wex road.

(Although that could arguably be termed a 'memorial' and therefore not really a folly).

So I'm wondering if Richardson - whoever he was and whichever land he owned - built something like that on the land. If so, where was/is it and what was/is it?

A.

Trick of the Tail

So no-one got the 5th 'Street'?

A.

Beeker

alinton wrote: »

So no-one got the 5th 'Street'?

A.

Nah! Went with waterside but that was knocked because it is not a "street":(

gscully

ROCKMAN wrote: »

UB40 played in St John's Park .

U2 played in WRTC, though they weren't known as U2 at the time - 1977 I think.

Beeker

Human League played the Bridge Hotel back in the 80's

dayshah

We had Ireland's first commercial garage.
http://www.johnkelly.ie/AboutUs.aspx

losthorizon

Beeker wrote: »

Human League played the Bridge Hotel back in the 80's

They were back about four years ago. Sorry I cant remember the name of the venue - Im not a native but it was a great concert.

Chris P. Bacon

losthorizon wrote: »

They were back about four years ago. Sorry I cant remember the name of the venue - Im not a native but it was a great concert.

They played in 10 on John st a few years ago

jimbojazz

Pete Doherty's (Babyshambles / Libertines) grandfather, Timothy Peter Doherty was born in Cheekpoint / Passage East area.

Not that we'd want to claim him!

losthorizon

During World War 2 the German invasion plans for Ireland were known as "Operation Green". German Troops would have landed on the Waterford coast from Dungarvan to the Port of Waterford and all along Wexford as well. The Irish Army really would have joined up with the British army in NI and tried to fight back. But if the invasion had gone ahead a lot of civilian deaths would have happened in Waterford coastal towns.

dayshah

losthorizon wrote: »

During World War 2 the German invasion plans for Ireland were known as "Operation Green". German Troops would have landed on the Waterford coast from Dungarvan to the Port of Waterford and all along Wexford as well. The Irish Army really would have joined up with the British army in NI and tried to fight back. But if the invasion had gone ahead a lot of civilian deaths would have happened in Waterford coastal towns.

But the Germans were here.

'The McKenzie Break' was filmed in Bonmahon.