Munster Express Online

athal O’Shannon, then a young reporter with The Irish Times was dispatched from D’Olier Street to report on a boycott, by then a fortnight old, which had begun in Fethard-on-Sea on the Hook Peninsula.

“Everyone knew Tommy,” said Sister Margaret Fogarty, when recalling her late brother who, for decades, was woven into the social fabric of the Tannery Town of Portlaw.

As a youngster, when trips to Slievenamon were a regular and wonderful feature, the family wagon made the occasional incursion into the village of Ballyneale, just three miles from Carrick-on-Suir.

Peter O’Connor, the most famous Waterford athlete of his generation, stands alone not only for his world long jump records, but for his actions beyond the sand pit at the 1906 ‘Intercalated Games’ in Athens.

Unless Gerry Daly is suddenly back in vogue, it’s difficult to rationalise how pills for garden plants have become so popular with young people across Waterford and beyond in recent months.

Thomas J Kelly (1929-2002) is, one imagines, a name not known to most of us, yet he is, based on that supposition, one of the 20th century’s greatest unsung heroes.

Throughout history, Waterford-born politicians have rarely figured prominently in the leadership of our many political parties, both past and present.

Stop and pause for a few moments and consider the following: Imagine your wife missing.