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WELCOME / FÁILTE CHRIST CHURCH CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL City and County has an architectural heritage that ranges REGINALD’S TOWER CATHEDRAL OF THE HOLY TRINITY BISHOP’S PALACE from the early Christian period through Viking, Medieval, Georgian and Victorian eras to the present day. Ecclesiastical heritage can be Túr Raghnaill 13 Ard-Eaglais Chríost 14 Ard-Eaglais Chaitliceach na Tríonóide17 Pálás an Easpaig 18 explored at churches and monasteries such as Ardmore, Kilbunny, Molana Abbey and Mothel. Waterford City is shaped by its Viking The landmark monument of Water- who was held prisoner by the Anglo- Christ Church Cathedral was design- Features of Interest: Situated on Barronstrand Street, on the architecture of Waterford. The Bishop’s Palace is one of a The Palace is a fine Palladian build- history, which is celebrated today through the many visitor attractions ford City is Reginald’s Tower, which Normans in the tower. ed by John Roberts, the architect of The cathedral incorporates frag- this cathedral was designed by John The interior of the cathedral incorpo- number of imposing 18th Century ing faced on both sides in in the Viking Triangle. The influence of the Normans can be seen at is ’s oldest civic building. In Georgian Waterford, who also de- ments of an earlier church from 1210 Roberts, who also designed Christ rates many features of outstanding buildings, which include Christ limestone. The two main facades Reginald’s Tower and numerous medieval churches such as Greyfriars. continuous use for over 800 years, Reginald’s Tower was where Strong- signed Waterford’s Roman Catholic including the remains of a Norman Church Cathedral, and was built artistic importance including Church Cathedral and City Hall are quite different: one having seven The wealth of the Georgian era can be seen with fine civic buildings the first tower on the site was built bow, the leader of the Anglo-Nor- Cathedral on Barronstrand St. The clustered pillar attesting to the between 1791 and 1796. It is the old- delicate stained glass windows by that enhance the Mall in Waterford. bays – the central bay having an such as the Bishop’s Palace along the City Mall and the many Country present Cathedral was begun in 1773 by Vikings after 914 and formed the man invasion force, met Aoife, the longstanding ecclesiastical presence est Roman Catholic cathedral in the Mayer company of Munich. The Palace was designed and built more elaborate window treatment Houses and Demenses along the Blackwater and Suir valleys. apex of the triangular settlement, daughter of Dermot McMurrough, and was completed in 1779 at a total on the site as early as 1096. The ca- either Britain or Ireland. in 1741 by Richard Castle, on the and a Gibbsian doorway; the other an area known as the Viking Trian- King of Leinster. The spiral staircase cost of £5,397. Other features of interest include a site of the medieval palace and was facade has eight bays with a more thedral is particularly note- worthy Industrial heritage is represented through a range of mills, and mines gle. The tower was re-built by the of “stumble steps” built into the for the quality of the interior, with It forms a key landmark in the carved oak baroque pulpit, painted the home of the Church of Ireland elaborate entrance and shallow The cathedral is built to Neo- such as those at the Copper Coast, while vernacular architecture is Anglo Normans in the 12th century wall of the tower, were deliberately wonderful examples of intricate 18th centre of Waterford City and is pillars with Corinthian capitals and bishops of Waterford and Lismore pediment with blank niches. Classical principles and symme- particularly well represented with around 200 thatch houses around and the top two floors were added designed to be of different heights Century plasterwork and Georgian distinguished by the Classical ten Waterford Crystal Chandeliers. until the early 20th Century. It try and demonstrates decorative in the 15th century. Until about 1700 and widths, making them difficult Rococo style Stucco ceiling. frontispiece to the west. In 2000, The cathedral’s pipe organ was built then became a boys school, and Visitors to the Bishop’s Pal- the county. The architectural interest of Waterford continues to the the tower was the strongpoint of for attackers to climb. The spiral rococo styling. The site has historic the square near Barronstrand Street around 1848 by William Hill & Sons subsequently council offices. ace Museum will see the oldest present day with the building of the award winning Medieval Museum the medieval defensive walls that staircase was orientated to the right, interest as it was on this site in 1170 Notable features include the impres- (formerly known as “Red Square”) and refurbished by the same firm piece of Waterford Crystal in the in 2012. This guide aims to enhance your discovery and enjoyment of enclosed the city. The tower now making it impossible for right-hand- that Strongbow (notable for his sive Waterford Crystal Chandeliers was re-named as “John Roberts in 1910. Nowadays the building is a world - a decanter made in the Waterford’s built heritage. Architectural Waterford is part of a series of leading role in the Norman invasion houses an exhibition on Viking ed attackers to swing their swords and the remarkable Elliot Jones Square” in light of his influence museum exhibiting the ‘treas- 1780s. Other highlights are the heritage tourism guides commissioned by Waterford City and County of Ireland) was married to Aoife, Waterford and is one of three properly as they climbed up. Organ - one of the finest in Ireland - ures of the Waterford City’ from display of memorabilia of the Council. Other guides available in the series are Walk Waterford - From daughter of Diarmuid Mac Mur- and the collection of memorial plaques. museums celebrating Waterford’s the 18th Century to the present Irish Nationalist Thomas Francis Sea to Mountains and Historic Waterford - The Coast. Heritage. Artefacts on display include the rough, King of Leinster. day. The ground and first floors Meagher, the painting of Waterford Waterford Kite Brooch- the finest Other interesting features include are laid out as a historic house City by Van Der Hagen from 1736 Features of Interest: surviving example of late 11th and the macabre tomb of James Rice, with some of the finest displays and Brendan Boyer’s Hucklebuck who was Mayor of Waterford el- Useful Web Addresses: The tower derives its name from the 12th century gold and silver jewel- in Ireland of 18th century glass, Shoes from the showbands era. even times in the 15th Century, the www.waterfordcouncil.ie www.buildingsofireland.ie

Hiberno-Norse, (Irish-Viking) ruler lery and a Viking Warrior Sword silver, furniture and paintings. Ailtireacht Phort Láirge Phort Ailtireacht Hebrew inscription behind the of the city Ragnall MacGillemaire, from the Woodstown Viking site. www.waterfordtreasures.com www.waterfordgardentrail.com Altar, the ‘arts and crafts’ 1930s www.waterfordvikingtriangle.com www.lismoreheritagetown.ie

stained glass window attributed to www.discoverwaterfordcity.ie www.discoverlismore.com

of Waterford City and County and City Waterford of A E Childs from the famous Dublin www.dia.ie www.archiseek.com A Guide to the Built Heritage Built the to Guide A based Glass Studio of the 1920s and 1930s An Túr Gloine (The Glass

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WATERFORD 999 or 112 Lismore: + 353 (0)58 54975 ARCHITECTURAL This guide is funded by the Heritage Council and Waterford City and County Council through the Heritage Plan Fund 2014.

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CITY HALL NOTABLE NOTABLE NOTABLE & THEATRE ROYAL MEDIEVAL MUSEUM ARCHITECTS ARCHITECTS ARCHITECTS Clonmel Halla na Cathrach & An Amharclann15 Ríoga An Músaem Meánaoiseach 16 Ailtirí Cháiliúla Ailtirí Cháiliúla Ailtirí Cháiliúla Carrick-on-Suir The Theatre Royal is at the heart of theatre was part of the Assembly Waterford Medieval Museum is an jewellery on show in the museum The work of John Roberts -(1714-1796) chiefly remembered for his pioneer- George and James Richard Pain - were Power, St. Patrick’s Church, - was a highly in- Italianate re-modelling of the exte- one of the most historically signifi- Rooms and Playhouse commis- architectural landmark located in dating from medieval times. The defines much of Waterford City’s ing role in the Gothic Revival Style brothers whose grandfather Wil- and Holy Cross Church, . novative architect and engineer rior of Mayfield House, for Joseph R. SUIR cant areas of the city of Waterford sioned in 1783 and overseen by the the Viking Triangle, the oldest part building was designed by Waterford built heritage. Uniquely, John Rob- and famously known for his work liam Pain was the author of a series He was the leading architect of Irish who designed in Malcomson, the Police Barracks in DUBLIN 2 1 Via with Christ Church Cathedral to Waterford architect, John Roberts. of Waterford City. The museum City Council Architects - Rupert erts was architect for both of the on the interior design of the Palace of builder’s pattern books. James Catholic churches in the mid-Vic- London’s Hyde Park. In 1850 he was Portlaw and a gothic parish church N25 - M9 - N7 12A its rear, the Bishop’s Palace to its Work began on the building in carefully preserves several medieval Maddock, Bartosz Rojowski, Ag- city’s Cathedrals – Christ Church of Westminister. After his conver- b 1779 and his younger brother torian period and also worked with engaged by the 6th Duke of Devon- in Guilcagh. THE right and the Large Room, Council 1783, the same year the Penrose structures within its walls, includ- nieska Rojowski and Stephen Burke Cathedral in 1773 and the Catholic sion to Roman Catholicism in 1835, George Richard Pain b. 1793 were AGW Pugin. shire to carry out improvements and 11B Chamber and Mayor’s office shar- Family established the glass ing the vaulted Chorister’s Hall, one (Sculptor). In 2014, the Museum Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity Pugin looked towards Ireland with both pupils of John Nash and to- additions to Lismore Castle on a James Wyatt - had a flourishing coun- COMERAGHS WATERFORD 13 CITY 17 15 ing a building with it. house which was to go on to world of the centrepieces of the museum. received awards for the Best Public between 1791 and 1796. He was 80 its overwhelmingly Catholic popula- gether were responsible for a very John Skipton Mulvany - was born in magnificent scale. try house practice in Ireland from 14 16 renown as Waterford Glass. The front façade is designed in a Building and Best Heritage Project, when he designed it. This cathedral tion for commissions to design large number of builings, churches 1813, the fourth son of the landscape the early 1770s until his appointment N25 18 The Theatre Royal is unique as it semi-circular, streamlined form, along with the International Civic is the oldest Roman Catholic cathe- Catholic churches and religious (both Catholic and Protestant), and figure painter Thomas James Paxton rebuilt the remaining three as Surveyor General of the King’s 12B 11C is part of a nine bay, two storey What is known today as the Large which is ‘wrapped around’ the back Trust 2014 Award. dral in either Britain or Ireland. institutions. country houses, court houses, Mulvany. He received his profession- sides of the courtyard in the Vic- Works in England in 1796. Wyatt’s Ballyduff classical style Assembly Hall (City Room in City Hall was designed of the Neoclassical Cathedral, creat- gaols and bridges - almost all of al training with William Deane But- torian ‘castellated’ style, cladding work exerted a major influence 8 7B Tramore 3 Hall) while the rear of the theatre as a classic 18th century ballroom ing a link between the two beautiful John Roberts was also responsible The work of Pugin can be admired them in the south and west of ler. Many of his important domestic them in imported Derbyshire stone on neo-classical architecture and 11A Features of Interest: 4 11D on the NW elevation incorporates with lofty ceiling, decorative squares on each side. The Dalmatic vestment dating from for the building of many famous in Lismore Castle where his work in Ireland. commissions came from members and converting the bishops’ former decoration in Ireland, where a much Lismore 9 N72 the fabric of a section of the medi- stucco work, crystal chandeliers, medieval times is part of the only Waterford structures such as City partnership with J.G. Crace of Lon- of the Malcomson family of Portlaw, chapel as a banqueting hall, fitted larger proportion of his buildings Dunmore 5 East eval wall dating from c.1150. a musicians gallery and well The warm Dundry facing stone complete set of either British or Irish Hall, the Morris family home in don (a leading maker of Gothic Re- In Waterford they carried out work for whom he designed several houses out by Crace, the London decorator, has survived than in England. In 6 R. BLACKWATERR. WATERFORD CITY proportioned windows. It evoked follows from its use in the original High Mass vestments to survive the George’s Street (now the Harbour vival furniture at the time) involved at Lismore Cathedral, Fort William in Portlaw including Woodlock to a design by Pugin. He also was Waterford, his work is displayed in 7A CATHEDRAL LANE Commissioners’ headquarters and transforming the ruined chapel involved in the designing of the interior plasterwork in R680 The Theatre Royal is one of the few the grandeur and elegant living of medieval Cathedral and Choristers’ Reformation. House, , Church of House, Clodiagh House, extension to 17 Waterford Chamber of Commerce of the old Bishop’s Palace into a Glasshouse. House and ranks among the finest R709 surviving 18th century theatres the gentry and wealthy merchant Hall and provides a break from the St. Mary, Dungarvan and Woods- Mayfield House and Villa Marina in with its wonderful cantilevered medieval-style banqueting hall, with examples of Wyatt’s work in Ireland. N25 R680 in Ireland although its present classes of 18th century Waterford. cool crisp 18th century surrounding The wonderful depiction of King Ed- town House. , now the Haven Hotel.

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KEIZER ST. William Tinsely - was born in Clon- appearance dates to remodelling in structures. A relief sculpture on the ward III of England, fully armoured stairway), the former County and a huge perpendicular stained-glass He was also involved in the design of GREYFRIARS City Infirmary, Newtown School window, choir-stalls and Gothic mel, Co. Tipperary in 1804, and was Richard Morrison - was born in 1767. R709 13 the late 19th century. The Georgian exterior references a small item of and on horseback. JJ McCarthy - was born in Dublin in the workers houses in Portlaw, with

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BROAD ST. OLAF ST. R680 He was a pupil of James Gandon and (former home of John and Thomas stenciling on the walls and roof 1817. Buildings designed by him their distinctive barrel-shaped roofs. an architect of the new gothic rev- Ardmore 14 ival style. His work in Waterford involved with the restoration of the 10 R709 15 Wyse) and the court yard of Cur- timbers. Pugin also designed other R683 R709 MALL LANE include the Nire Church, Clonea R709 LADY LANE 16 THE MALL BANK LANE included many private houses, new chancel at Lismore Cathedral R709 raghmore House, seat of Lord chimney-pieces and furnishings in Youghal 18 R680 Waterford. the castle and after his death in 1851 the farm complex at Curraghmore, and gothic additions to Glencairn Abbey. Crace continued to supply furnish- Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin - ings in the Puginesque manner. (1812 –1852) was an English architect 1 PORTLAW 7 FOLLIES - A,B, 13 REGINALD’S TOWER 2 CURRAGHMORE 8 BALLYDUFF 14 CHRISTCHURCH

3 TRAMORE 9 DUNMORE EAST 15 CITY HALL & THEATRE ROYAL 4 LISMORE 10 ARDMORE 16 MEDIEVAL MUSEUM 5 DUNGARVAN 11 BRIDGES -A,B,C,D 17 HOLY TRINITY & 6 DUNGARVAN 12 STAINED GLASS - A,B 18 BISHOP’S PALACE PORTLAW CURRAGHMORE DUNGARVAN DUNGARVAN DUNMORE EAST ARDMORE Port Cládhach 1 An Currach Mór 2 Dún Garbhán agus Dún na Mainistreach 5 Dún Garbhán agus Dún na Mainistreach 6 Dún Mór 9 Aird Mhór 10 Portlaw, has the distinction was laid out in a radial fashion with Curraghmore - is a classical–style include an arboretum, a Japanese The name Dungarvan is an The majority of the existing build- Features of Interest: chambers overhead. As this area Dunmore East has been an impor- siderably enhances the architectural Ardmore, from the Irish ‘Aird ground surface and contains four of being one of the few planned five streets leading off a square. A house built around 1755 and is con- garden laid out by the present Lady anglicisation of the Irish name ings and streets in the town date St Mary’s Catholic Church - Gothic- was the town centre, the markets tant fishing port for many centu- value of the building. Mhór’, meaning ‘Great Height’, is windows, one at each of the cardinal industrial towns in Ireland and is single policeman could stand in the sidered of national importance. The Waterford and Shell House, a folly Dún Garbhán (Garbhán’s fort) and to the early nineteenth century style Catholic church, designed were held in front of the building, ries. The remains of a seventeenth- considered to be one of the oldest points of the compass. significant in that it predated and Square and observe the whole village. house incorporates a medieval tow- created by Catherine, Countess of suggests the presence of an early when the town was extensively re- by George Richard Pain forms a being known as ‘Market Place’. The century castle are situated on the Features of Interest: ecclesiastic centres in Ireland, influenced development of other Many of these houses can still be seen er house (pre-1654). The demesne Tyrone in 1754. medieval ringfort although it may designed by the landmark in the townscape of Dun- present Market House incorporates promontory between Counsellors Villa Marina - (now The Haven Hotel), founded by St. Declan in 416 AD. Ardmore Cathedral - The main stand- planned industrial towns such as and are still in good condition. They has been continuously developed also indicate an association with with the addition of wide streets garvan. The church retains most of parts of the medieval Town Hall. Strand to the north and Ladies Cove built in 1864 for the Quaker indus- This predates St. Patrick’s arrival ing church in the graveyard dates Bessbrook, Co. Armagh (1846), the have a barrel shaped roof, with a tim- by the Power (le Poer) family since Clonagam Church - Situated in the the early Irish saint Garbhán. and an impressive Main Square. its original form and character. The to the south. In about 1640, Lord trialists, the Malcomsons, to the in Ireland and highlights the im- to the 12th century and may contain model town of Saltaire in West ber truss, covered with tarred cloth, the 11th century. The present house grounds of Curraghmore Demesne, interior is particularly noteworthy Museum - Housed on the ground Power of Curraghmore, who owned designs of the noted architect John portance of Ardmore in the history elements of an earlier structure. The Yorkshire (1850) and the garden which became known as the “Portlaw incorporates the work of a number Clonagam Church is a Gothic- style The origins of Dungarvan as a Abbeyside - The historic village with numerous features of artistic floor of the current Town Hall on a large amount of property in the Skipton Mulvaney. of Christianity in Ireland. The church contains two ogham stones village of Bourneville, built by the roof”. Portlaw Heritage Centre can be of the most pre-eminent architects church, built in 1741. A number of formal town lie in the late 12th- on the opposite side of the Colligan design significance - ranging from St. Augustine Street, this museum area, built a castle on the cliff over- hillside above the village contains Panels on the west –facing gable firm of Cadbury Brothers. visited to see an example of the inte- and artists to practise in Ireland, interesting interior features include century and the settlement expan- Estuary from Dungarvan contains the stained glass panels, decorative houses a collection of permanent looking the strand of which just Fisherman’s Hall - built in memory the remains of one of the most wall depict scenes from the old and rior of a Portlaw Roof. including architects such as James cut-stone tombs, wall monuments ded after the construction of part of the surviving remains of an plasterwork, and the carved furni- and temporary exhibitions on local one tower now remains. of a young member of the Malcom- impressive early monasteries in the new testaments. The layout of the model town in- Wyatt, John Roberts, Samuel and stained glass panels. A white Dungarvan Castle in the early Augustinian Abbey which was ture to the altar (also including a history and heritage of County son family in the 19th century, who country. spired by the Baroque tradition St. Patrick’s Church - A Gothic Revival Ussher Roberts and artists such as marble statue of a reclining lady and 13th-century. The castle is also founded in 1290 by Thomas Fitz- carved ‘Pieta’ by P. Scannell of Cork) Waterford. The development of the village inaugurated a trust fund to help the St. Declan’s Oratory - Small building of urban planning makes it excep- Church, designed by J.J. McCarthy Paulo and Filippo, John Houghton, her baby is a splendid example of the referred to as King John’s Castle. maurice Fitzgerald. - together with features of techni- southwards from the earlier settle- needy within a three mile radius of Little is known of the history or to the east of the church reputedly Devonshire Bridge - A single-arched tional in the context of Irish urban the church interior contains fine tim- Antonio Zucchi, Angelica Kauff- work of the artist Boehm. The castle was converted into an cal importance, most notably the ment toward the harbour began in Dunmore. layout of the monastery prior containing his grave. bridge of rusticated sandstone built development. The town was devel- ber joinery and stained glass panels man, Peter De Gree and Sir Richard RIC barracks in 1889 and was par- The abbey had already fallen into construction of the arcade and 1814 when the British Government to 1170 when it was a recognised in 1816. The stone was imported The Cliff Walk - 5km way-marked oped by the Malcomsons, a Quaker together with an exposed timber roof Boehm and stucco work by the La Poer Tower - stands on an elevated tially burnt down by republicans ruins by 1654 and its remains, vaulted roof. decreed that Dunmore was to serve The Terrace - Picturesque thatched cathedral with a bishop. There are ready cut from Runcorn in Chesh- walk along the Cliff Path, taking in family, in 1825 when David Mal- construction. The adjacent graveyard Lafranchini brothers. site overlooking Curraghmore Dem- during the War of Independence. which comprise a chancel and a as the location of the packet station houses originally constructed for a number of church buildings and ire. Sponsored by the fifth Duke of St. Declan’s Stone, St. Declan’s Well, comson established a cotton mill includes a number of headstones that esne and was built by George de La 16m high, four-storey tower are Market House - Now an Arts Centre for the entire South of Ireland. tourist accommodation in the early monuments within the present Devonshire (1748 - 1811) and designed The Coastguard Station, The Watch- at Mayfield. At its peak the factory display high quality artistry and The house with its impressive fore- Poer Beresford, (1735- The castle remained in use as a now incorporated into St. Augus- this building dates to the late 17th 19th century. boundary wall and the most visu- by William Atkinson, the renowned tower, a WWII Lookout and employed over 1,800 workers, the craftsmanship. court is considered to be without 1800) in 1785. The view from the tow- Garda barracks until 1987 and is tine’s Church. The former site of a century. Originally it was built An important landmark in the ally striking is the 12th century English architect. Saint Andrew’s Church - built in 1817 Fr. O’Donnell’s Well. numbers resident in Portlaw rose to precedent or parallel in Ireland. The er is picturesque and the inscription now publicly accessible as an OPW as a butter market, with council harbour is the elegant lighthouse round tower. medieval tower house is located in and subsequently considerably 4,300 and the mill became the cen- Kilbunny Church - The church of Saint estate has 2,500 acres of woodland, on the tower reads “ La Poer Tower, visitor centre. designed by the Scottish engineer a field to the north of the abbey. enlarged in the late nineteenth St. Declan’s Well - Pilgrims tradition- tre from where the town prospered. Munna was built around the 8th Cen- grazing fields and formal gardens erected in the year 1785 by George, Alexander Nimmo (1783 – 1832). The Features of Interest: century. Ardmore Tower - 12th century round ally visited the well on St. Declan’s The scale and technological ach- tury and is noted for its 11th Century making this the largest private Earl of Tyrone, to his beloved son, fluted detailing on the tower con- feast day 24th July when they made ievement at the Mill represented a Irish-Romanesque Doorway. North of demesne in Ireland. The gardens his niece and friend”. tower of four storeys that stands to a height of 29m. The round arched a sign of the cross using water from remarkable success for its time. the door arch is a stone carved with the well and recited prayers. the head of a lion. There are two bull- door of the tower is set 4m above Features of Interest: aun (ballán) stones outside the door- The Portlaw Roof - The factory town way and an altar built into the eastern wall.

TRAMORE LISMORE FOLLIES BALLYDUFF BRIDGES STAINED GLASS Trá Mhór 3 Lios Mór 4 Baoiseanna 7 Baile Dubh 8 Droichid 11 Gloine Dhaite 12

Tramore, originally a small fish- time heritage. The building is now Lismore, has a rich architec- viving defended gardens in Ireland Dromana Gate - A This iconic Dromana House, which is open to Ballyduff Barracks - Overlooking battered bastions with bartizans, River Suir Bridge - B The iconic Otway (1843 - 1906) of Smith Fin- The works of notable stained glass Watsons of Youghal produced stained ing village in the 18th Century was used as an Arts Centre and allows tural heritage which includes fine and date from the 1620s. From the feature along the Blackwater River the public. the River Blackwater in Ballyduff, sited on opposite corners while the cable-stayed bridge over the River laysaon and Company, Glasgow, the artists can be seen in many churches glass windows for many churches characterised by small thatch cot- spectacular views over Tramore Bay. civic buildings, some designed by 1830 onwards the 6th Duke undertook north of Villierstown is the only the former Garda Station (closed prominent musket windows with Suir bridging Waterford with Kilk- eight-arch rubble stone railway via- around Waterford City and County. around the county in the late 19th tages built along the road leading pre-eminent Irish architects and extensive reconstruction largely Irish example of the Brighton Ballysaggartmore Towers - B 2013) is an example of a Scottish no projecting sills could facili- enny was opened in 2009 and has duct over road, mill race and river Alfred Ernest Childs who worked and early 20th century such as at to the strand, forming an irregular Doneraile Walk - Laid out by Lord sites of archaeological, ecclesiasti- under the direction of Joseph Paxton Pavilion style of architecture. The Ballysaggartmore Towers are two Baronial-style building and is tate downward fire at an attacker. the distinction of being the longest was opened in 1878. It was closed in in An Túr Gloine Studio, Dublin St. Mary’s Church of Ireland in Dun- street known today as Main Street. Doneraile as a private promenade cal and historical interest. The (architect Crystal Palace, London). “Hindu-Gothic” Indian gate was ornate Gothic style entrance lodges significant in representing the It is said that the plans for this single bridge span in the Republic 1982. It remains a reminder of the designed the two light window, Joy garvan. In 1918 the firm patented a Lord Doneraile invested in the for his family and friends in the vernacular built heritage of the designed by a local architect Martin (one also acts as a bridge) that are earliest surviving civic building particular building were mixed up of Ireland at 230m. In Northern development of the Great Southern and Sorrow (1929/1930) at Christ system of ornamenting the back town’s infrastructure and by the early 19th Century. Features of town can be found in elegant town The Courthouse - built in a Classical- Day and is a strange combination of situated on the former Ballysaggart- in the locality. Built in response with plans for an Indian barracks, Ireland, the Foyle Bridge is just and Western Railway line by the Church Cathedral in Waterford City. of pieces of sheet glass which could early 1800s settlement began to interest include an ancient cannon houses of South Mall, workers style dates from c.1815 and forms a Gothic and Oriental styles. more Demesne approximately 2.5 to the growing agrarian unrest in the design is notably similar to 4m longer. The cable-stayed bridge Waterford, Dungarvan, and Lismore The stained glass window at Lismore be attached to walls and ceilings. spread west hugging the line of the gun and the memorial commemo- cottages, and the 19th century shop prominent landmark in the centre of km west of Lismore. The structures the mid to late 19th century, the those constructed in India. The with its 112 metre tall tower, is a Railway Company in the late nine- Cathedral by pre-Raphaelite artist bay. The settlement developed to rating the 363 people who drowned fronts. Architectural features such Lismore. The building is now a herit- Originally built from wood and are considered architectural follies original RIC barracks was built building is a notable landmark in landmark structure for Waterford teenth century, which promoted the Edward Burne Jones is the only one Franz Mayer & Co. (Mayer & Co. of become the quintessential Victo- in Tramore Bay in 1816 from the sea as gabled dormer attic windows, age centre. papier mache to greet the owner of and were constructed by local land- in 1869 and designed by the Jacob the locality. City and surrounding areas. economy of smaller urban areas, of its kind in Ireland. It depicts two Munich) was a famous German rian seaside resort of the southeast wreck of the Sea Horse. decorative bargeboards, horizontal the Dromana Estate, Henry Villiers- lord Arthur Keily-Ussher c. 1845. Brothers, JH and ET, on behalf of such as Kilmacthomas. virtues, Justice, a man with a sword stained glass company that was very St. Carthages Catholic Church - built and terraces such as Bellevue and sash windows, gabled box oriel Stuart and impress his new bride, the Board of Works. In 19th Cen- Ballyduff Bridge - A This two-span The River Suir Bridge marks the and a scales and Humility, a woman popular during the late nineteenth Metal Man - (Private Land) Naviga- in a Lombardo Romanesque-style Gurteen were constructed dur- windows and the timber framed Theresia Pauline Ott of Vienna, The lodges were constructed on the tury Ireland most of the ordinary cast-iron road bridge over the River first time Waterford City has been Avonmore Bridge and The Red Bridge, holding a lamb. and early twentieth century and was tion pillars constructed in 1823 characterised by red sandstone and ing this period. In the early 1900s detailing are characteristic to the on returning from their honey- main avenue leading to the family’s police barracks were undefended, Blackwater was built in 1887 by served by two bridges. The first per- Cappoquin - D The six arch lime- the principal provider of stained following a number of shipwrecks limestone producing an appealing the town developed towards the area. The use of workmen from moon in 1826. The couple were so residence Ballysaggartmore House however the Fenian uprising of E.C. and J. Keay to the designs of manent bridge at Waterford City stone ashlar road bridge over the Harry Clarke (1889–1931) was the glass to the large Roman Catholic in Tramore Bay to prevent naviga- polychromatic visual effect. seashore with Main St. dissected by the Devonshire estates may have enchanted with the gate it was which was destroyed by an arson 1868 saw many attacks on the Royal W.E. L’Estrange Duffin (1843 - 1925), was the so-called “Timbertoes” River Blackwater was built in 1850 greatest of all Irish exponents of churches in Europe. An example of tors from mistaking Tramore Bay perpendicular lanes and stepped introduced an English element to reconstructed in stone in 1849. attack during the Civil War. The Irish Constabulary and the Board Waterford County Engineer. It is bridge (1793-1913) which was replac- by the Keane Family of Cappoquin stained glass. Three vibrant stained their work can be seen in the Church for Waterford Harbour. Two pillars The Railway Station - a Faux Tudor pathways that addressed the bay. the building style that is not seen lodges now form part of a forested of Works in Dublin was ordered to of considerable importance as it is ed by the Redmond Bridge (1910- and originally named Victoria glass windows from his studios are of Saint John the Baptist, Crooke. B were erected at Brownstown Head Style building which dates from 1872 The promenade was erected in 1914 elsewhere in the county. The gate is approached via a short walking trail and amenity area. build a number of specially design- one of the earliest of the relatively 1984) and the City Centre Bridge is Bridge. Further south and perpen- located at the Church of Saints Cúán and three pillars at Westown now and was part of the Waterford, Dun- and served as a popular walking bridge and is the main entrance to ed police barracks that could with- few iron bridges constructed in Rice Bridge (1982-present). dicular to Avonmore Bridge is the and Brogán at Clonea Power. A recognised as the iconic Metal Man. garvan, and Lismore Railway line. route in Tramore. Facilities such as Sites of Interest: stand attacks by rebels who were Ireland. Red Bridge, a half iron, half stone Legend has it that hopping barefoot The Atlantic Ballroom and Strand Lismore Castle - with its battle- armed mainly with hand weapons. Kilmacthomas - C The Mahon Rail- structure opened in 1878 as part of three times around the Metal Man The Red House Inn - an Arts and Crafts Cinema added to the appeal of the mented towers and turrets, forms way Viaduct forms a monument the Waterford, Dungarvan and Lis- Pillar will guarantee marriage style building which dates from 1902 seaside town. a dominant landmark overlooking Due to projected high costs only landmark dominating the skyline more railway line. The Red Bridge within a year! reflecting traditional craftsmanship the River Blackwater and dates using medieval or folk styles of deco- a select few were built including in the centre of Kilmacthomas. closed in 1967 with the closure of the Sites of Interest: from medieval times. Its walled ration. The interior is noteworthy for Ballyduff. The fortified dress- Built to designs prepared by James railway line. Coastguard Station - Built in 1875 this gardens are one of the oldest-sur- it’s traditional style. ings on the barracks include slim former coastguard station reflects the importance of Tramore’s mari-