Adieu Asgard II as sailing vessel sinks
Month: July 2024
Mail plane’s crash landing in pub roof
A small Royal Air Force “scout” plane crashed into the roof of a Waterford city…
Short life of Pickardstown survivor John Dobbyn
Apart from his name and address, this Annie Brophy photograph from the Waterford City and…
Woodlock wedlock for bakery boss and creamery clerk
Some forty guests attended the reception at Woodlock Convent, Portlaw, to toast the wedding of…
Pouring pints as high stools overcome floods
I first posted this picture on Twitter (as it was called then) during the 2020…
Mass gathering for ‘Rosary Priest’ at Fraher Field
A huge crowd of 25,000 people attended the Father Peyton Family Rosary Crusade at the…
Misery mystery solved after postcard man hunt
A vivid vista from Mount Misery looking down over Waterford City and the old bridge…
Hurler Phil Grimes had super soccer team
Phil Grimes’ famous Pubs League side which won the competition several times in the late…
President ploughs on amid record turnout
The President of Ireland, Dr Patrick Hillery, was suitably suited and booted when he attended…
Cross-country running mates
US collegiate athletics stars John Treacy, winner (holding the General O’Duffy Memorial Challenge Cup) and…