JOURNALOF THE WATERFORDARCHAEOLOGICAL & HISTORICALSOCIETY No. 60 2004 Irisleabhar Cumann Seandilaiochta agus Staire Phort Liirge a Decies 60 COMHAIRLE CATIlRACH PHORT LAIRGE WATERFORD CITY COUNCIL The Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society and the editor of DECIES gratefully acknowledge the generous sponsorship of Waterford City Council towards the publication costs of this journal. COMHAIRLE CONTAE PHORT LAIRGE WATERFORD COUNTY CO UNCIL The Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society and the editor of DECIES gratefully acknowledge the generous sponsorship of Waterford County Council towards the publication costs of this journal. Cover Illustrations Fmnt Cover: The Great Lewis in Waterford Harbour. Original painting by Brian Clear, Duncannon Maritime Museum. Back Cover: The River of Waterford, by permission of the British Library. Decies 60,2004 ISSN 1393-3116 Published by The Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society Printed by Leinster Leader Ltd , Naas ,Co . 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Decies 60 Decies 60 PAGE Editorial .......................................................................................................................... vii List of Contributors ................................................................................................. xi The Work at the Double Tower, Waterford Ben Murtagh ................................................................................................................. 1 Archaeological Monitoring of the Topsoil Stripping on the R708 Airport Road Re-alignment (Excavation Licence No. 03E0883) Orla Scully .............................................................................................................. 19 Recent Archaeological Investigations at Kill St. Lawrence, Waterford, Carried Out as Part of the Realignment of the R708 Airport Road Aidan O'Connell .......................................................................................................... 27 A Preliminary Note on the Archaeological Site of Woodstown 6, Co. Waterford Richard O'Brien and Ian Russell .................................................................................. 65 Eugenius, Bishop of Ardmore and Suffragan at Lichfield (1 184-5) Dbnal O'Connor ..................................................................................................... 7 1 An Introduction to the Liber Antiquissimus Civitatis Waterfordiae Niall Byrne .............................................................................................................. 91 The Great Lewis and the Siege of Duncannon, 1645 Kevin Downes ......................................................................................................... 115 Mail Packet Steamers at Waterford Bill Irish ........................................................................................................................ 117 Port of Waterford: Extracts from the Records of the Waterford Harbour Commissioners from their Establishment in 1816 to the Report of the Ports and Harbours Tribunal, 1930 Anthony Brophy ........................................................................................................... 15 1 Patrick Kelly Bishop of Richmond Frank Keane .................................................................................................................. 17 1 Villiers Stuart: A Landlord Voice on Farm Labourers in the 1880s Pa'draig G. Lane ............................................................................................................ 179 Railways and the Revolution in Irish Transport and Communications Between 1834 and the 1880s Andrew James Johnston ............................................................................................. 183 Update on Early Waterford Quaker Burial Grounds at Wyse Park and lrish Quakers 350th Celebrations Joan Johnston ............................................................................................................ 191 The Irish Volunteers in Waterford: Part 1, 1913 - 1916 Pat McCarthy ................................................................................................................. 197 Dungarvan Museum Willie Fraher ................................................................................................................. 221 Waterford County Archive Service Joanne Rothwell ........................................................................................................ 222 Duncannon Maritime Museum Brian Clear ............................................................................................................... 223 Waterford Museum of Treasures: Celebrating Transatlantic Waterford Eamonn McEneaney ................................................................................................. 224 Waterford City Archives Dona1 Moore ............................................................................................................. 226 Book Reviews Waterford Treasures: A Guide to the Historical and Archaeological Treasures of Waterford City Sylvaine Ni Cheallacha'in .......................................................................................... 229 Ordnance Survey Letters Kilkenny Dr. Gillian M. Doherty ............................................................................................ 230 Constitution of the Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society. ........................ 233 Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society Membership ................................... 237 OFFICERS Chairman: James Walsh, Treanaree, Slieverue, via Waterford. Vice-chairman: Ben Murtagh, Primrose Hill, Threecastles, Co. Kilkenny. Hon. Secretary: Beatrice Payet, 22 Barker Street, Waterford. Hon. Treasurer: Tony Gunning, 7 Ballinakill Vale, Waterford. Hon. Editor: Donnchadh 0 Ceallachhin, 22 Barker Street, Waterford. P.R.O.: Patrick Grogan, 41 Surnmerville Avenue, Waterford. COMMITTEE William Condon Fergus Dillion John M. Hearne (ex oficio) George Kavanagh Paddy Kenneally Renee Lumley Eileen O'Connor Seamus Reale Dr. Jim Stacey Eddie Synnott All original contributions are the copyright of the contributors. The views expressed by each contrib- utor are not necessarily those of Waterford Archaeological & Historical Society, the editor, or of the editorial committee. Hon. Editor: Donnchadh 0 Ceallachain Editorial Committee: James Walsh (ex-officio), Ben Murtagh, Beatrice Payet, Eddie Synnott. The launch of Decies 59 by the Mayor of Waterford, Cllr Tom Cunningham. Left to right, Ben Murtagh (Vice- Chairman), Tony Gunning (Hon. Treasurer), John M. Hearne (Hon. Editor Decies 59), The Mayor Cllr Tom Cunninghanz, James Walsh (Chairman),Bkatrice Payet (Hon Secretav), Pat Grogan (PRO). Decies 60 HE year 2004 marks a significant anniversary in the field of local studies in the southeast of Ireland. Exactly 110 years ago, on the 25th January 1894, the Waterford and South East of Ireland Historical and Archaeological Society was launched, building on the work of earlier historians and antiquarians such as Smith, Ryland and Hansard and thus establishing on a formal basis the study of local history and archaeology in the region. Dr. Sheehan, the catholic bishop of Waterford and Lismore, and the first president of the new society deliv- ered the Inaugural Address, during the course of which he outlined a number of goals. These included: the publishing of a journal, the collection of sources for local studies, the establishment of a museum, and the cataloguing and preservation of archaeological sites and monuments. Although the original society and its journal did not survive the period of civil unrest in the country between 1916 and 1923, a number of these original objectives have since been realised. Local records are preserved and made available to researchers by the City and County Library Services, in the Waterford City Archives, and in the County Archives in Dungarvan. Waterford Museum of Treasures, and Dungarvan Museum preserve and put on display various aspects of our rich heritage. Decies the Journal of the Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society is now in its twenty-eighth year of publication. A number of important academic publications in recent years have recorded the archaeology and built heritage of the region. In the city major works of conservation have been carried out under the aus- pices of Diichas and Waterford City Council. The conservation of Reginald's Tower, the ongoing works at the Double Tower, works at St. John's Priory, the plans for further conservation work at the French Church and the proposed plans to re-roof the tower are projects which deserve our praise and encouragement. However concerns remain, especially with regard to conservation. Again it is worth quoting from Dr. Sheehan in 1894: There are few I believe who have any idea of the rapidity with which the old monuments ... are disappearing. Time, and a neglect little short of vandalism, have played sad havoc with some of our most important ruins. The walls of venerable buildings have been everywhere pulled down to construct stables and sties. Although it would be perhaps disingenuous to describe recent developments in the city as 'stables', some decisions prove that as a people, we are sometimes slow to learn from the mistakes of the past. In previous editorials in Decies a number of threats to aspects of our built heritage have been outlined, including developments in Grady's Yard and in the Railway Square area, and their possible impingement on sites of archaeological importance such as the Watergate