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R448 R711 FAITHLEGG CHEEKPOINT 2 DUNMORE EAST TRAMORE N25 1 Fáithling 1 Pointe na Síge 2 Dún Mór 5 Trá Mhór 6 R860 WATERFORD 9KM Faithlegg, is located 9km east Faithlegg Church - The graveyard Cheekpoint Village, is situated known Currach of the west coast. R710 Dunmore East, (from the Irish Sites of Interest: Tramore, (Trá Mhór – Great include an ancient cannon gun and WATERFORD of Waterford City. The townland contains a collection of fine grave- on the southern shore of the Suir In previous generations, most local Dún Mór, meaning Great Fort) has Villa Marina - (now The Haven Hotel), Strand) originated as a small the memorial to commemorate the name may be related to the Irish for markers and monuments, includ- estuary and the confluence of the fishing families owned at least been an important fishing port built in 1864 for the Quaker indus- fishing village and developed as 363 people from the Sea Horse who R680 R708 R683 woodbine (Feathlóg) and reflects ing one to the relatives of the Irish Rivers Nore and Barrow. one Prong. They were also widely R710 for many centuries. The Great Fort trialists, the Malcomsons, to the a centre for tourism around 1770, drowned when the ship wrecked in the historic wooded landscape in nationalist TF Meagher. dispersed along the River Barrow, R709 refers to a promontory fort said to designs of the noted architect John when the first card room and Tramore Bay in 1816. R683 the area. St Ita’s Holy Well (Tobar The presence of two quays point from Cheekpoint to New Ross. R680 have been located on the southern Skipton Mulvaney. hostelry was opened on the Main N25 Sionnaigh) is located on the oppo- Bullaun Stones - Hollowed stones to it’s historical importance as a 3 outskirts of the town. The remains Street. In 1778 a Waterford merchant Metal Man - P Navigation Beacons R710 site side of the road to the church. associated with ancient churches, fishing village and harbour in the Sites of Interest: of a seventeenth-century castle Fisherman’s Hall - built in memory named Bartholomew Rivers moved constructed in 1823 following a R710 DUNMORE EAST number of shipwrecks in Tramore St Ita (St Íde) was a sixth century their original purpose is not really 19th century. In the late eighteenth Daisybank House - built c. 1765 and 10KM 4 are situated on the promontory of a young member of the Malcom- to Tramore and established a princess of the local ruling family known. They are also known as century, Cornelius Bolton developed historically used as a harbour mas- between Counsellors Strand to the son family in the 19th century, who number of new developments such Bay to prevent navigators from mis- who founded an important com- ‘cursing stones’ or ‘curing stones’ the harbour and established manu- ter’s house and hotel. north and Ladies Cove to the south. inaugurated a trust fund to help the as a thatched church, a fish house, taking Tramore Bay for Waterford munity of nuns at Kileedy in South and may date back to Bronze Age or facturing industries and a hotel. At needy within a three mile radius of assembly rooms and the Grand Harbour. Two pillars were erected Limerick. Neolithic times. this time Cheekpoint was a thriving Barrow Bridge - Fifteen –span rail- In about 1640, Lord Power of Dunmore. Hotel. Horse racing began on the at Brownstown Head and three prosperous town, being the station way viaduct built between 1902 and Curraghmore, who owned a large beach in 1785. pillars at Westown now recognised 1906 by the Fishguard and Rosslare The Terrace - Picturesque thatched Sites of Interest: Faithlegg Forest Walk - Minawn Hill at which the mail packets from Eng- amount of property in the area, as the iconic Metalman. Legend has Railways and Harbours Company houses originally constructed for Faithlegg House - Built by Cornelius (Meannán Fhéilinn) overlooks the land for Waterford stopped. built a castle on the cliff overlook- In 1837 the first sea wall was built it that hopping barefoot three times R682 R675 R708 R684 tourist accommodation in the early Bolton in 1783. The gateway displays confluence of the Suir, the Nore and ing the strand, of which just one and in 1853 the construction of around the Metal Man Pillar will There were cotton, rope, and hoisery Quayside Limekiln - used for burn- 19th century. the Stag Head, the family emblem Barrow rivers to the north, Water- tower now remains. The develop- a single railway line from Wa- guarantee marriage within a year! factories here which then disap- ing lime to fertilise agricultural of the Powers, a wealthy merchant ford City to the south and west and ment of the village southwards terford’s Railway Square to the peared following the building of a land and for use in limewashing of Saint Andrew’s Church - built in 1817 family from Waterford City who Passage East to the east. from the earlier settlement toward Terminus in Tramore resulted in Tramore Burrow and Back Strand- - new pier at Dunmore East and the houses. and subsequently considerably resided in the house until 1935. the harbour began in 1814 when the an increased popularity, not only Noted for a variety of coastal subsequent transfer of the mail British Government decreed that enlarged in the late nineteenth wildlife, including rare plants in The Mount - Gothic folly tower dat- of the racecourse but of the town packet station from Cheekpoint to Dunmore was to serve as the loca- century. summer and wetland wildfowl in ing from c. 1750 situated overlook- as a seaside resort. The railway ran Dunmore East. R685 tion of the packet station for the winter. The burrow is so named for ing the River Suir on an elevated Woodland Walk - Enjoy exploring the until December 1960 and at 7 miles entire South of Ireland. its historic use as a rabbit warren. site. The tower may originally have 80 acres of woods given to the people long was unique in Ireland as it was Fishermen from Cheekpoint used Look out for concentrations of been intended as a navigational R685 of Dunmore East in the 1920s by the not connected to any other line. The two types of boat on the river, the An important landmark in the shells in the form of “kitchen mid- beacon. TRAMORE 7th Marquis of Waterford. promenade was erected in 1914 and punt and the prong. The Prong is a harbour is the elegant lighthouse dens” - important evidence of the timber boat similar to the widely served as a popular walking route in designed by the Scottish engineer Coastal Cliff Walk - This walk, from Tramore. diet of our ancestors dating back to R684 Alexander Nimmo (1783 – 1832). the harbour to Portally Cove, gives Neolithic times. 6 impressive views of the Hook Sites of Interest: R675 5 DUNMORE Peninsula. Coastguard Station - Built in 1875, TRAMORE EAST L4058 15KM this former coastguard station reflects the importance of Tramore’s maritime heritage. The building is now used as an Arts Centre and TRAMORE allows spectacular views over BAY Tramore Bay. Doneraile Walk - Laid out by Lord Doneraile as a private promenade for his family and friends in the ear- ly 19th Century. Features of interest PASSAGE EAST CROOKE R681 R682 DOLMEN TRAIL DOLMEN TRAIL An Pasáiste Thoir 3 An Crúc 4 Rian Cromleacha 7 Rian Cromleacha 8 Passage East, is a scenic harbour The existing layout of Passage East Crooke, the village of Crooke (An Crooke Tower House - is located 50m L4045 The area within a ten mile radius Said to be one of the most beautiful Matthewstown Passage Tomb - P end (usually decreasing in height village centred on two interlinking is similar to that which is represent- Crúc- old Scandinavian for a bend) to the south of the church. The Knockeen of Tramore is rich in megalithic of its kind in Ireland, this dolmen One of 230 known Irish passage and width from west to east). There squares that are overlooked by tall ed by the Philips map of 1685. lies 1km to the south of Passage castle is traditionally thought to Gaulstown Dolmen structures signifying early pre- is constructed of local stone. There tombs, such as Newgrange. The are over 500 known wedge tombs in cliffs to the west and faces out onto East. A house of the great medieval have been built by the le Poer family historic habitation in this area. are a total of 174 recorded Irish majority of these tombs are found Ireland particularly concentrated the Barrow and Suir estuary. The Plans to construct an enormous religious order of the Knights Tem- of Curraghmore. Dolmen Megalithic tombs were used as Portal tombs, with the majority in in the northern half of the country, in Counties Cork and Clare and only place name stems from the town’s star fort never came to fruition but plar was founded at Crooke before communal burial monuments in the northern half of the country, with a number of small clusters two examples in Waterford (the role as the western terminal for a elements of the defensive nature of 1180. Following the suppression of Church of Saint John the Baptist c. 1840 L96821 the Neolithic times i.e. between but with a notable concentration in in the south, including three other in Munmahogue 6km to the ferry route that extends across the the town can be seen in the present the order in 1307, the house at Crooke The church has an attractive and 4500 and 6300 BC. the southeast. examples in Waterford. Passage north). estuary and links Passage East with layout including the parade squares.