The Jacobs Family “Biscuits, Banking or Building?” was often the question to find out which branch of the same family you were speaking of when it came to the Jacobs of Waterford and their enterprising family. Film Notes More Information on the Jacobs Family – Click to Access PDF ​Short history piece on growth of the […]

Royal Oak Tavern and John Moore & Charles Bianconi John Moore First President of the Republic of Connaught died here in the Royal Oak (Tavern 6th Dec. 1899) it was situated at the entrance to Georges Court where it meets John Roberts Square and over the doorway a plaque high on the wall reads: – […]

Friends Meeting House and the Quakers in Waterford.  “Their yay was a yay and their nay was a nay. This would have been obvious in the Courts because people would be asked to swear on the bible and when a Quaker went in he wouldn’t swear on the bible. He said his yay was a […]

The Toll Bridge, Trains & Shipping – Memories of the 1st World War and it’s impact on Waterford “My Mothers father was Matthew Young and as far as I know he made his money in the goldfields and I don’t know if it was California or Alaska? But he made his money and came home […]

Peter O’Connor At the 1906 Olympics Peter O’Connor climbed the flagpole at the medals ceremony and hoisted a large green flag bearing a golden harp and the words “Erin Go Bragh” – Ireland Forever”. Film Notes Further Information  –  https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2020/jan/13/international-olympic-committee-seeks-to-ban-podium-protests  ​RTE short piece on Peter O’Connor on his Olympic Success –   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jll6laPUCEg&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=urbsintacta   About Waterford […]

O’Connell Street (formally King’s Street) “ Waterford City was the first City in Ireland to rename a street after Daniel O’Connell”.  – Joe Falvey (Local Historian)   Film Notes Read a biography on Frederick Douglass – View PDF View a photo of Frederick Douglas – View PDF ​View a photo of Frederick Douglass Blue Plaque – View PDF  […]

Murphy Engineering “Herself and the Infant of Prague did run the business and made a great success of it” – Bill Murphy talking about his mother’s ingenuity and the workers help in saving the Company after his dad suddenly died.   Film Notes Murphy Engineering is still a Waterford success story – see link here   […]

Mary Street, the Strangmans and the Old Motor Car Trade in Waterford “Talking about the Brewery in the 1700’s “…Its all to do with the water, It was better to drink beer at that stage than the water”      – Joan Johnston author on Waterford Quaker History   Film Notes Learn more about Joshua […]

Whites – Shipping, Chemist and Chandlers White’s trading was diverse, they often traded with exotic and far flung destinations such as Patagonia, Quebec or Calcutta. Passengers were carried from Waterford to Quebec and Montreal returning with a cargo of timber. Many ships carried passengers across the Atlantic during and after the famine. White’s imported cargo […]

Willy Watt – Waterford Sack & Bag Company William F Watt, as well as being a highly successful Waterford businessman, also possessed a lovely tenor voice and was one of Irelands best known singers. He was an enthusiastic musical philanthropist whose drive and energy was largely instrumental in the foundation and continued success of Waterford […]