I loved the story from Kilkenny last week about the local artist who had the last laugh in a parking fine row. Mr Ramie Leahy,...
Views from the Brasscock
Local Cupcake couple
Local Cupcake couple
This week I want to sweet-talk you as I tell you all about delicious confections called cup cakes! Simply devine, I hear people...
Glenville – other days, other ways
Glenville – other days, other ways
Sometime ago, my attention was directed to a book about Glenville, off the Dunmore Road, entitled “Walled Gardens”- scenes from...
Tall Ships, Ahoy!
Tall Ships, Ahoy!
From today onwards Waterford is en fete and agog with excitement and a welcome break from all that talk of doom and gloom- we...
Giving the place a good name
Giving the place a good name
Away from matters nautical this week to do a bit of name-calling especially with reference to our own townland hereabouts. The...
The Grand Quays, Part Two
The Grand Quays, Part Two
This week we continue the story of the development of the Grand Quays of Waterford to set the scene for the arrival of the Tall...
The Grand Quays
The Grand Quays
In just a few weeks time, the Waterford Quay will once again be the centre of ‘universe’ as many thousands flock there in even...
Walking Tall
Walking Tall
Last weekend saw the arrival of The Eagle and visitors eagerly flocked to view her and were welcomed on board by the crew who...
St Declan’s NS – A Model of Excellence
St Declan’s NS – A Model of Excellence
There was much talk last week of positive affirmation, of new understandings, of a new maturity, of different traditions working...
A parking incident in the city
A parking incident in the city
Today, I leave my perch at the Brasscock and head town-wards to comment on an incident that ‘got my gander up’. We are all...
Dunmore/Tobacco Road
Dunmore/Tobacco Road
Believe it or not part of the DMR could well have been renamed or popularly dubbed Tobacco Road back in the 30’s and 40’s of the...
Ballygunner Townlands
Ballygunner Townlands
Ballygunner is one of the best known place-names in this area and indeed, one of the oldest. In recent decades its name has...
