A Few Reasons To Love Visiting Waterford, Ireland

comeraghs · 05-04-2019 10:08am #1

https://landlopers.com/2019/04/02/waterford-ireland

The average visitor to Ireland has a lot on their travel to-do list, from Dublin to the Ring of Kerry and the Cliffs of Moher, even further afield to Galway and Donegal. An area of the country that’s starting to creep up on these to–do lists is what’s locally called the Sunny Southeast. Waterford City is Ireland’s oldest city and thanks to the natural beauty surrounding it, the entire region has a lot to interest any type of traveler. Although it has flown quietly under the radar for quite a while, that’s all starting to change as I learned while spending a few days exploring the city and larger County Waterford in partnership with Tourism Ireland. As soon as I arrived I chastened myself for not visiting earlier, so to help others correct this same oversight I want to share some of my favorite experiences exploring Waterford, Ireland.

IspeakcozIcan · 05-04-2019 2:20pm

comeraghs wrote: »

https://landlopers.com/2019/04/02/waterford-ireland

The average visitor to Ireland has a lot on their travel to-do list, from Dublin to the Ring of Kerry and the Cliffs of Moher, even further afield to Galway and Donegal. An area of the country that’s starting to creep up on these to–do lists is what’s locally called the Sunny Southeast. Waterford City is Ireland’s oldest city and thanks to the natural beauty surrounding it, the entire region has a lot to interest any type of traveler. Although it has flown quietly under the radar for quite a while, that’s all starting to change as I learned while spending a few days exploring the city and larger County Waterford in partnership with Tourism Ireland. As soon as I arrived I chastened myself for not visiting earlier, so to help others correct this same oversight I want to share some of my favorite experiences exploring Waterford, Ireland.

This is a great piece about Waterford and reflects how a lot of people feel about our lovely, often overlooked, county.

But things are beginning to change at last

comeraghs · 01-05-2019 2:59pm

Here's another great article on Waterford, this time from the BBC.

http://www.bbc.com/storyworks/travel/ancient-east-ireland/waterford?fbclid=IwAR3frfnIyCGRXcwTPSo5_zNQrHadWPELof6657wH6C5CoCITKCDLNBv1sTU

comeraghs · 01-05-2019 3:01pm

And another one from Lovin.ie

https://lovin.ie/counties/waterford/24-hours-in-wonderful-county-waterford?fbclid=IwAR1RykvDW9vNt2wqPGSsx_K6YDUn8BPCpKooPdKHKzsqAhskDPVQ4rOX0_o

comeraghs · 01-05-2019 3:03pm

& one more!

It's such a pity that more of our own can't see what a great City Waterford is.

https://www.irelandbeforeyoudie.com/24-hours-in-waterford-a-one-day-itinerary/?fbclid=IwAR22BQt8a2UzRqxWHrwYFl7i9_cGkmoLLRsZMTyBhc1XwUowjTl41feO2cs

friendlyfun · 01-05-2019 5:43pm

Getting a job here is all about who you know rather than what you know. no such thing as meritocracy here.

Captain Red Beard · 02-05-2019 12:44pm

friendlyfun wrote: »

Getting a job here is all about who you know rather than what you know. no such thing as meritocracy here.

You're talking bollox child. Getting a job here is no different than anywhere else in the country.

friendlyfun · 06-05-2019 1:02pm

Captain Red Beard wrote: »

You're talking bollox child. Getting a job here is no different than anywhere else in the country.

Irish Rail in Waterford, go there and tell me how many drivers there had fathers who were drivers there.

Captain Red Beard · 06-05-2019 2:15pm

You're basing all employment in Waterford on that? Like I said earlier, you're talking bollox.

Wanderer2010 · 06-05-2019 3:13pm

friendlyfun wrote: »

Getting a job here is all about who you know rather than what you know. no such thing as meritocracy here.

I don't know what promoted you to make that statement, maybe you didn't get a job because it went to the cousin or mate of the owner but that falls under the category of "That's life". It happens all the time. I have worked all over Ireland and I can say that jobs tend to go to the most suitable candidate in terms of experience and culture fit. Yes of course you are going to get sons and daughters of business owners working in the family business but that's certainly not unique to Waterford.
Don't be so bitter!

IspeakcozIcan · 06-05-2019 7:12pm

Great article on the 'literally wonderful Waterford Museum of Treasures' . The three interlinked museums are 'filled with Treasures' to take the breath away'.

Eoghan Harris also commends Waterford CoCo and Micheal Walsh on their vision regarding the Viking Triangle and the determination taken to deliver it while the city was in a deep recession:

'But to their eternal credit, Walsh and Waterford Council coughed up the money that enabled Eamonn McEneaney to turn the Viking Triangle into a golden goose.

Today, cultural tourists come in their tens of thousands; last year in numbers equal to half the population of the city'.

Good to see the best collection of museums on the island outside of the capital getting the recognition they deserve.

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/eoghan-harris-fermanagh-man-drives-down-to-waterford-to-speak-his-mind-38079988.html

Max Powers · 06-05-2019 8:01pm

IspeakcozIcan wrote: »

Great article on the 'literally wonderful Waterford Museum of Treasures' . The three interlinked museums are 'filled with Treasures' to take the breath away'.

Eoghan Harris also commends Waterford CoCo and Micheal Walsh on their vision regarding the Viking Triangle and the determination taken to deliver it while the city was in a deep recession:

'But to their eternal credit, Walsh and Waterford Council coughed up the money that enabled Eamonn McEneaney to turn the Viking Triangle into a golden goose.

Today, cultural tourists come in their tens of thousands; last year in numbers equal to half the population of the city'.

Good to see the best collection of museums on the island outside of the capital getting the recognition they deserve.

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/eoghan-harris-fermanagh-man-drives-down-to-waterford-to-speak-his-mind-38079988.html

Absolutely, I bet you have the citizens haven't been into it, make it on your list of summer things to do

mojor · 07-05-2019 4:33pm

comeraghs wrote: »

Here's another great article on Waterford, this time from the BBC.

http://www.bbc.com/storyworks/travel/ancient-east-ireland/waterford?fbclid=IwAR3frfnIyCGRXcwTPSo5_zNQrHadWPELof6657wH6C5CoCITKCDLNBv1sTU

You'll be waiting for that pint in T&H Doolan's

IspeakcozIcan · 08-05-2019 8:11pm

Not really the right thread for this, but since we're posting links about Waterford:

Lovely piece by Waterford writer Megan Nolan: Home Coming

Wanderer2010 · 10-05-2019 4:43pm

mojor wrote: »

You'll be waiting for that pint in T&H Doolan's

What ever happened with that? I thought someone expressed an interest in buying it a few years back but I heard nothing more.

friendlyfun · 10-05-2019 10:05pm

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

What ever happened with that? I thought someone expressed an interest in buying it a few years back but I heard nothing more.

shame, a very old pub. Remember last time I was in there was in 2012 to watch Katie Taylor win gold!

IspeakcozIcan · 18-05-2019 9:37am

John G O'DOwyer's description of the Coumshingaun lake in the Irish TImes today:

"Ambling easily for about 20 minutes in a roughly southeasterly direction I reached the great cliffs above Coumshingaun. Few cliches remain unhackneyed in describing the greatest glaciated coum on these islands, so I will just say it took my breath...as it always does"

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/travel/walk-for-the-weekend-comeragh-plateau-co-waterford-1.3829355

A Few Reasons To Love Visiting Waterford, Ireland

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