Believe it or not this bird – The Brasscock – has been crowing away for ten years now, having taken possession of...
Views from the Brasscock
The What’s What and Where’s Where of Waterford
The What’s What and Where’s Where of Waterford
Waterford City has been evolving, growing and adapting, undergoing transformation one way or another for many generations and...
Ways and Means and Telling Tales
Ways and Means and Telling Tales
There was a great response to last week’s column which dealt with the mysteries of the Irish approach to signposting and...
Round and Round We Go
Round and Round We Go
GET LOST ! That seems to be the national and local official response to demands for adequate sign-posting of our highways and...
The Ducking Stool Slip, a solution?
The Ducking Stool Slip, a solution?
As a city and a country we are regularly concerned by anti-social behaviour in society generally but more especially in its most...
A Backward Look
A Backward Look
The Roman god Janus was a two-headed figure and thus gave its name to the month of January as this is a time of looking back as...
La ‘Le Stiofain
La ‘Le Stiofain
On St. Stephen’s Day, December 26th, crowds of people take to the roads in various parts of Ireland, dressed in motley...
The Wren, The Wren, King of All Birds
The Wren, The Wren, King of All Birds
As you read this we have celebrated or ‘got over’ another Christmas Day and recouped our energies in these subsequent...
The Brasscock’s Christmas Quiz
The Brasscock’s Christmas Quiz
Round One 1. Little John was a member of what famous band? 2. Eureka – literally means what? 3. What’s the modern...
Monthly market treats
Monthly market treats
As most locals know by now or at least they should know, a monthly Sunday market takes place at the Ardkeen Stores car park,...
Christmas season
Christmas season
Well we are once again officially into the Christmas season with the arrival of December and the city’s festive lights are...
An Limit – As Gaeilge
An Limit – As Gaeilge
This week as I perused the ‘Paper’ my attention was vaguely arrested by an item in a report drawn from a Waterford County...
