A scan from a magic lantern slide dated 1894 showing the ruins of Dunhill Castle which overlooks the Ann Valley in County Waterford. #ireland #waterford #castle #ruin #oldphoto

A scan of a poor-quality magic lantern slide dated March 1894. This view shows what looks like the demolition of a building in Broad Street, Waterford. Later in 1930 the American company of F.W. Woolworth opened a shop on the site. #ireland #waterford #oldphoto

Today marks International Day for Monuments and Sites! #WorldHeritageDay, we celebrate the enduring value of cultural heritage. Working to promote awareness of cultural heritage and to highlight the efforts required to protect and conserve vulnerable sites and monuments.

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A Dutch dredger passing Morans Poles thid morning on a calm April Saturday sunrise Cheekpoint #Waterford

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We are at week 9 of our ten week local maritime history course and what was probably everyone's favourite was a trip out with Dipps Trips to explore the lower River Barrow up to Dollar Point including Ballinlaw, the ferry, weirs, White Horse, Great Island, Barrow Bridge and of course Cheekpoint 😀

A cabinet card portrait of John Boyle O'Reilly, an Irish born poet and novelist, he was deported to Australia for his part in the Fenian Rising of 1867. Later he was one of the people behind the rescue of Fenian convicts from Australia by the whaling vessel Catalpa. #ireland #fenian #portrait

RNLI puts out its own Mayday call RNLI puts out its own Mayday call as charity’s lifeboats launched 967 times in 2025 with volunteers bringing 912 people to safety. Read more at www.marinetimes.ie

Tramore Pottery children’s class has been selected to exhibit at Bloom! They’re going to make a mini replica of the sand dunes 👏 This week the children visited the dunes with us to learn more about the area, and they even planted some marram grass! We can’t wait to see their creation at Bloom!

“The Government seems to be “utterly blind to what is being caught in Irish waters by factory vessels. That was the comment of the Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, Conor McGuinness, today.

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Seafood Ireland Alliance meets with Government Ministers as crises deepens within fisheries sectors Read more at www.marinetimes.ie

Made our maiden voyage this morning for 2026 season, hopefully better weather to come Cheekpoint #Waterford

Hook Tower #Wexford

Stunning sunrise at Morans Poles #Cheekpoint #Waterford this morning

The Pink Moon shining brightly over the Spider Light at Passage East #Waterford #Scape #Landscape #EastCoastKin #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #SpeirGorm #Ireland

The return of the MFV Reaper to Cheekpoint #Waterford yesterday during Storm Dave was incredible. Not just the entire village showed up, but the harbour too

80 years of sailing in Waterford and the hurling connection.... afloat.ie/blogs/tom-ma...

Wow. A lo' and behold moment of #enlightenment in Irish #government. THE IRISH TIMES front page lead story today reports that Dept of Enterprise has suggested "a strengthening of maritime domain awareness." At last.... awareness of ...THIS ISLAND NATION.

Donaghadee Lifeboat volunteers were launched Thursday night (2nd April) to assist a survey vessel in distress. More at www.marinetimes.ie

A beautiful calm sunrise here this morning at Morans Poles and even a bit of grass frost. Cheekpoint #Waterford

SEASCAPES, Ireland's maritime podcast, new edition issued today, Weds April 1. - Sea shanties, a new international maritime festival in Co.Cork; 80 years of sailing in Dungarvan Bay, helped by county hurlers. tommacsweeneymaritimepodcast.ie

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Fishermen forgotten by Government as fuel cost crisis hammers industry More on www.marinetimes.ie

Picture of a fishing apparatus and raft on the sea shore in #China around 1890-1910. A kind of tidal #fishtrap or #fishpens in the intertidal zone of the shore built to hold live fish or shrimp even when is tide is out. #Coastalhistory #4oceans

Illustration of two men fishing for crab (Zodiac Sign of Cancer) on Calendar page for June in the Queen Mary Psalter a fourteenth-century English psalter named after Mary I of England, who gained possession of it in 1553. #Coastalhistory #4oceans

A new lodger in the climbing rose. Cheekpoint #Waterford

Sunset at the Strand Rd, Cheekpoint #Waterford last night

Meeting of the Three Sister Rivers, Barrow, Nore and Suir this morning from the Minaun, Faithlegg #Waterford

Great South Wall roundhead reopens to public, as remedial works completed €2.5 million project near Poolbeg Lighthouse strengthens critical coastal infrastructure and protects an iconic national monument. More on www.marinetimes.ie

Wild, wet and windy at Dunmore East #Waterford this afternoon

Still in use by the look of things. Wouldn't catch me going out in it #AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKaput #EastCoastKin #Photography #Speirgorm

Suns up, Morans Poles #Cheekpoint #Waterford #Ireland

A frosty start to what promises to be a glorious day ✨️ Cheekpoint #Waterford #Ireland

A Good News Story as .... Cork’s Good Fish Company Celebrates Second Consecutive Global Seafood Award Read more on www.marinetimes.ie

The MV Michael which ran aground in Tramore in 1975. It looks like there are still pieces of it on the beach. #tramore #waterford #ireland

One of my dads photos which I believe was taken in 1954 when members of the 69th New York infantry regiment visited Waterford. The original 69th New York militia were part of Waterford born Thomas Francis Meagher's Irish Brigade in the American civil war. #waterford #saintpatricksday #Irish #ireland

Duncannon Fort and beach #Wexford on a blustery March afternoon

Promising signs on the lane this morning Cheekpoint #Waterford

A fleeting sight of the sun here this morning before westerly winds swallowed it up with cloud. A bit drier and brighter at least and first shot from downriver of Morans Poles since October...sun is climbing ever higher tg. Have a great week 😀

Cold but dry here this morning at Morans Poles #Cheekpoint #Waterford

Next on the Winter Lecture Series curated by Julian Walton: Daniel O’Connell and the Campaign to Abolish Slavery with Guest Speaker Eugene Broderick. More information: dunhilleducation.com/2026/02/26/w... #historylectures #julianwalton #eugenebroderick #slavery #humanrights #waterford #ireland

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Next Winter Lecture : Passing the Church Plate - ‘The Coulter Alms Dishes of Christ Church, Tramore’ Wednesday 25th February 2026, at Dunhill Multi-Education Centre 19:30. More information: dunhilleducation.com/2026/02/24/w...

A blustery and peaceful Tramore #Waterford this morning

Congratulations Seamus, a great day for the city