#OnThisDay 1967 this small area of East #Waterford was turned upside down when Jackie Kennedy,wife of assinated American president #JFK, & her children came to visit. Seen here facing the camera at Dunmore East aboard local fishing boat Misty Morning. 📸 courtesy of David Carroll
My maritime blog this month covers a smuggling tale that seems to have as much to do with the Repeal movement as with nefarious tea drinking or smoking in 19th C Ireland
https://t.co/crvPqwnIQN
“Waterford is a county that has surpassed my expectations and I will definitely be back” – Nicola Tallant.
The 1st episode of Tracks & Trails airs Friday,5th April at 7:30pm (GMT)@RTEOne .If you are outside IRL,keep an eye on our YouTube. #visitwaterford#tracksandtrails#coillte
RTE Tracks and Trails will be broadcast at 7.30pm tonight on RTE 1 and I will be making an appearance talking about the maritime traditions and some old seas legends of the #DunmoreEast coastal path #Waterford here's a short blog of what I talked about
https://t.co/AVY1dECK5D
Today, March 8th is #InternationalWomensDay2024 To celebrate it we recall the life and times of Daphne French, a pioneering Irish yachtswoman who lived in Dunmore East #Waterford in the 1950s and 60s.
https://t.co/tqUIaaU04Y
BBC Citrine inbound to @PortofWaterford today at #Cheekpoint#Waterford The cargo is wind turbine blades, each 80 m long and i understand they're the longest ever imported to Ireland. Wherever you stand on their merits, it's a fair feat of engineering, shipping & handling.
For #ValentinesDay why a palm tree grows in #Faithlegg Graveyard #Waterford - the last request of Rosa Udvardy to remember her sea captain husband, before she was swallowed up by political strife and the Second World War in what is modern day Croatia
https://t.co/DRn4rJ1pRi
My blog this month explores the hours after a #Belfast ship entered #Waterford harbour for shelter in 1888. In a storm of wind and rain the @DunmoreEastRNLI lifeboat was launched, the Coastguard climbed down cliffs to pull off an incredible rescue #RNLI
https://t.co/qkkh5Yr6dt
Ahead of #StormDebi
A tale of a shipwreck from #OTD 1955 when my dad and two other sailors from #Cheekpoint#Waterford rescued fellow seafarers from the River Mersey #Liverpool. A story I also featured in my second bbok https://t.co/DWnuj7wnFm