Discover Waterford.
Author: McENEANEY, Eamonn.
Dublin: O’Brien Press, 2001. 109 pages. Illustrated. Paperback.
“Waterford is Ireland’s oldest city, founded by Viking raiders in AD914. It has played a pivotal role in the economic, political and cultural life of the country, and its motto Urbs Intacta (the untaken city) bears witness to the many power struggles and conflicts in which it has been embroiled through the centuries. Today, Waterford is a household name internationally through the fame of its hand-cut crystal. It is a lively, often underestimated city, which always manages to surprise the visitor.
Part One explores the history and development of Waterford from Viking times through medieval and Anglo-Norman settlements, royal visits and religious wranglings, and the economic success of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that formed the basis for the modern town.
Part Two visits Waterford’s most interesting landmarks: the fine collection of medieval buildings, including Reginald’s Tower, the French Church, the undercrofts, the city’s neo-classical, eighteenth-century cathedrals and civic buildings, the nineteenth-century Granary building, home of Waterford Museum of Treasures, and modern structures, such as the Waterford Crystal Visitor Centre.”
ISBN: 0862786568
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