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Category: War
Short life of Pickardstown survivor John Dobbyn
Apart from his name and address, this Annie Brophy photograph from the Waterford City and…
Utility vehicle bombing along the Quay in flood
The late Frank Muir A pair of distinctive ESB Commer “FC” vans splashing past the…
Occupational hazards of post-civil war postman
An apparently good-humoured and courteous hold-up in the Kilmeaden area in late May 1921, a…
Holy Cross casualty carried cross-country
The last sights, rites and nights of Irish Volunteer Johnny O’Rourke “There was nothing in…
Tommy’s threshing days ended with Troubles
Dunhill icon O'Brien killed in Pickardstown Ambush "Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality."—…
Cromwellian conquest at Kilmeaden Castle
A beautifully-tranquil 2017 photo by Sabrina Brien of the ruins of Kilmeaden Castle at Oldcourt…
Military Order served but pub refused Crown Forces
Kilmeaden pub refused crown troops From the front page of the Waterford News & Star,…
Memorial recalls The Fallen of First World War
Written on the centenary of the 1918 Armistice, Jamie O'Keeffe reflects on the enduring legacy…
Dead in the water: WWI souls lost at sea
BEING a maritime county, it’s not surprising that significant numbers from Waterford lost their lives…