Waterford

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	Thomas Hussey blue plaque in Waterford	Thomas Hussey, Bishop of Waterford & Lismore 1794-1803 diplomat and first president of Maynooth is buried in these cathedral grounds
	William Vincent Wallace blue plaque in Waterford	William Vincent Wallace 1812-1865 Operatic composer lived here
	Blue plaque № 6908 in Waterford	Bastion Built over a tributary of St. John's river in the 16th century to protect the bridge and St. John's Gate
	John Keane blue plaque in Waterford	John Keane 1917-1975 famed hurler centre half-back on Mount Sion, Waterford, Munster, Centenary and Millennium teams was born here
	Francis Hearne blue plaque in Waterford	Francis Hearne Duncarvan United Irishman was hanged on the old Waterford wooden bridge 21 Oct 1799 for his part in the 1798 rebellion
	William Penrose and George Penrose blue plaque in Waterford	Glass House Lane. George and William Penrose produced Waterford Glass on this site in the late 18th century
	Peter O'Connor blue plaque in Waterford	Peter O'Connor 1872-1957 Olympic Champion, long jump world record holder 1901-1921 and Irish Nationalist practised law here
	Blue plaque № 6874 in Waterford	Remains of a fine Elizabethan merchant house located beside the Great Quay Gate used as a money exchange in 1650
	Richard II blue plaque in Waterford	King Richard II of England 1377-1399 landed at this quay in 1394 at the head of the largest armada ever to sail into an Irish port
	Blue plaque № 6878 in Waterford	Waterford-Newfoundland 1670-1810 Thousands of migrants sailed annually from here to work on the Grand Banks cod fishery off Newfoundland
	Thomas Francis Meagher blue plaque in Waterford	Wolfe Tone Club [full inscription unknown]
	Thomas Hussey blue plaque in Waterford	Thomas Hussey [full inscription unknown]
	Blue plaque № 6888 in Waterford	A bastion of the Elizabethan St. Patrick's Fort known also as The Citadel it withstood Cromwell's siege in 1649
	William Hobson blue plaque in Waterford	William Hobson 1793-1842 Naval officer and first Governor of New Zealand was born here
	John Roberts blue plaque in Waterford	John Roberts 1714-1796 Georgian architect of the City Hall and both Waterford's cathedrals lived here
	Stephen de Fulburn blue plaque in Waterford	Stephen de Fulburn Bishop of Waterford 1274-1286 Justiciar & Treasurer of Ireland lived here
	Blue plaque № 6904 in Waterford	The Central Technical Institute [full inscription unknown]
	William F. Peare blue plaque in Waterford	In 1900 William F. Peare established Ireland's first motor garage in this building
	Blue plaque № 6910 in Waterford	Malcomson's Shipping Office 1833-1877. Malcomson's were the largest steamship owners in the world in the 1860s and operated from here
	Blue plaque № 6912 in Waterford	Mail Packet Steamers provided a service from this quay to Milford and later Fishguard carrying passengers, livestock and mail daily
	John Horn blue plaque in Waterford	John Horn Shipbuilder 1814-1895 His talent and innovation here at Neptune Shipyard promoted Waterford to a leading centre of iron shipbuilding in the 1850s and 1860s.
	Blue plaque № 6916 in Waterford	Site of Neptune Shipyard 1843-1886 Here 40 iron steam ships were built, five of them large ocean liners for Malcomsons of Waterford
	Seán Dunne blue plaque in Waterford	Seán Dunne 1956-1995 Poet, journalist and author of In My Father's House lived here
	Blue plaque № 6920 in Waterford	Waterford Steamship Co. 1826-1912 brought early steamship communication to the port with regular Liverpool, Bristol and river estuary services
	Thomas Francis Meagher blue plaque in Waterford	In this house Thomas Francis Meagher Young Ireland orator and American Civil War hero was arrested 12 July 1848
	Richard Mulcahy blue plaque in Waterford	Richard Mulcahy 1886- [full inscription unknown]
	Blue plaque № 6926 in Waterford	Clyde Shipping Company 1856-1986 From this quay Clyde ships plied regularly to the ports of Glasgow, Liverpool, Bristol, Plymouth and London
	Blue plaque № 6928 in Waterford	the Presentation Sisters [full inscription unknown]
	Edmund Ignatius Rice blue plaque in Waterford	Edmund Ignatius Rice 1762-1844 Founder of the Irish Christian Brothers lived here
	Raymond T. Chandler blue plaque in Waterford	Raymond T. Chandler crime writer 1888-1959 creator of fictional detective Philip Marlowe resided with his uncle in this house in his childhood
	Geoffrey of Waterford blue plaque in Waterford	Geoffrey of Waterford c1266 Dominican scholar of Arabic Greek & Latin lived here
	Blue plaque № 6938 in Waterford	White's [full inscription unknown]
	John J. Hearne blue plaque in Waterford	John J Hearne 1893-1969 Architect of 1937 Irish constitution & 1st Irish ambassador to USA 1950-1960 was born here
	Annie Brophy blue plaque in Waterford	Annie Brophy 1899-1986 celebrated photographic artist and social historian lived and had her studio here
	Turgesius Tower blue plaque in Waterford	Turgesius Tower c 1000 AD built by the Vikings stood on this site
	Colbeck Gate blue plaque in Waterford	Site of Colbeck Gate early 13th century provided access to St. Catherine's Abbey outside the City walls
	St. Patrick's Gate blue plaque in Waterford	Site of St. Patrick's Gate since the early 15th century one of the chief gateways to the medieval city
	Thomas Hussey stone plaque in Waterford	Most Rev. Doctor Hussey (1741-1803) lived in this house
	James Rice and John Collyn blue plaque in Waterford	The remains of a 15th century town house given by Mayor James Rice to the Dean of Waterford on 4th April 1466
	John Condon blue plaque in Waterford	Private John Condon 6322 boy soldier Royal Irish Regiment K.I.A. 24 May 1915 lived in Wheelbarrow Lane on this site
	William Vincent Wallace blue plaque in Waterford	William Vincent Wallace 1812-1865 Operatic composer lived here
	William Hobson blue plaque in Waterford	Capt. W. M. Hobson RN first Governor of New Zealand and founder of the city of Auckland was baptised in this church in 1792

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