In this country we like being citizens of a republic. It’s what we are used to but, nevertheless, most of us are attracted...
Views from the Brasscock
The Quakers and Waterford
The Quakers and Waterford
The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Ireland marked the 350th anniversary of their presence in Ireland and, indeed,...
Across The Bridge and beyond
Across The Bridge and beyond
For more than two centuries now Waterford’s river crossing, be it in the forms of Timbertoes, Redmond or Rice, was...
Halloween / Oiche Shamhna
Halloween / Oiche Shamhna
It’s a festival of great antiquity in many countries, not just in Ireland, but its Celtic origin is a significant one....
Gaelscoil Bail Mhic Gonair
Gaelscoil Bail Mhic Gonair
Bhi ocaid an-speisialta an Aoine seo caite ag crosaire Baile Mhic Gonair ag barr Chnoic Bui sa bhaile seo againn-ne. Mar is eol...
Highways and Byways
Highways and Byways
We truly live in an ancient town whose origins stretch back to the 8/9th centuries during which time the Vikings/Ostmen first...
Declan and Carthage
Declan and Carthage
A few weeks ago we brought you the story of the first of Waterford’s three principal saints, that of Otteran (not to be...
A Tall Order
A Tall Order
Well it would be, literally – the building of a replacement for Asgard ll in time for the next arrival of the Tall Ships...
What an idea!
What an idea!
The Brasscock feels the project outlined below is a super idea and well worthy of interest and support and indeed participation....
Come on The Deise
Come on The Deise
Rightly that’s the cry ringing in our ears for a good while now and hopefully for a good while to come. But who in fact...
Wedding Bell at Christchurch
Wedding Bell at Christchurch
First a while before Annie! It was in Christchurch Cathedral (in an earlier edifice on the same site) in 1170 AD that Strongbow,...
