1. Co Waterford is situated in the territory of Munster in the southeast locale of Ireland. The antiquated Celtic name for Waterford was “Cuan na Graí” or “The Harbor of the Sun.” The Irish name for Waterford is Port Láirge which signifies “leg formed waterway.”
2. Waterford is the most seasoned city in Ireland. The walled city was established by Vikings in 914 A.D.
3. During the Norman Invasion of Ireland, King Henry II of England came to Waterford, in 1171, and pronounced it one of two illustrious urban communities in Ireland, the other being Dublin.
4. Waterford man Thomas Francis Meagher made the Irish Tricolor.
5. Underlying 1793, the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity in Waterford City is the most seasoned Roman Catholic house of God in Ireland. The basilica was planned by John Roberts, who likewise constructed Waterford’s Christ Church Cathedral for the Church of Ireland. Waterford is the main city in Europe to have a Roman Catholic and Protestant Cathedral both worked by a similar man.
6. Waterford’s Reginald’s Tower, worked in 1003 as area of the city divider, is the most established and most noteworthy metropolitan middle age landmark in Ireland.
7. The River Suir, which streams into the Atlantic Ocean close to Waterford, is Ireland’s third longest waterway, at 185 km, or 115 miles, and is Europe’s quickest streaming waterway.