Category: Culture
Liberace’s transatlantic act of denial
‘Waterford Glass for Liberace’ read a small headline in the Evening Herald back in November…
Golden Grace centre stage in Croke Park
Philly's Princess of Monaco who called Clew Bay home TAOISIGH were not normally upstaged on…
The Holycross Pub down the generations
In 2012, Paul O’Farrell posted an old photograph from his incredible collection in the Kilmacthomas…
Maurice recalled his Kilmeaden upbringing
The late Maurice Connolly wrote a lovely nostalgia piece for me back in 2012 about…
Whites pub in Ballyduff used be black
Chequered history of Ballyduff Lower pub Having been a household name in Waterford as a…
‘Glenroe’ couple draw big audience to Kilmeaden
Miley and Biddy were “knocking around together a long time” Long before the days of…
Sparianco spirit of playwright and author
Maurice Connolly’s writing revealed real rural life The late Maurice Connolly — a native of…
The Sweep quartet crowned ‘Rings Kings’
The pursuit of simple pleasures and no little skill saw the team from The Sweep…