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THE PEOPLES PARK IN WATERFORD 26 MAY 2016 – RAW FILES HAVE BEEN REPROCESSED

May 12, 2025 by infomatique

PHOTOGRAPHS SUPPLIED BY WILLIAM MURPHY

The People’s Park in Waterford is a significant green space in the city, offering a place for recreation and relaxation. Laid out in the 19th century, this 16.3-acre park boasts various features, including a children’s playground, a cycle track, and a Victorian-era bandstand.

A notable modern addition to the park is a spherical monument which also functions as a water feature. Created by artist Tina O’Connell and installed in 2002, this sculpture, titled ‘In-Visible’, consists of a large, transparent acrylic sphere through which clear water continuously flows. It rests on a circular platform made of black Kilkenny marble. Inspired by Waterford’s renowned glass industry, the ‘Orb Fountain’, as it is locally known, captures reflections of the park on its surface, inverting the surrounding scenery.

Near the Victorian bandstand, two cannons are proudly displayed. These are 24-pound short 1804 cannons manufactured in 1828 at the Aleksandrovsk cannon factory in Russia. Captured by the British Army at the Battle of Sebastopol during the Crimean War in 1854, these cannons were later presented to Waterford city in 1857 as war trophies. The cannons bear markings indicating their origin as naval artillery.

MOUNT SION CAMPUS IN WATERFORD

March 7, 2023 by infomatique

CBS SCHOOL AND EDMOND RICE CENTRE

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There is a block that includes two schools and the Edmond Rice Center and it is bounded by Manor Hill, Hennessy’s Toad, Blake’s Lane and Barrack Street.

The Edmund Rice International Heritage Centre in Waterford, Ireland, is the resting place of Edmund Rice, founder of the Christian and Presentation Brothers. It is also the site of an impressive visitor centre, thriving community centre and beautiful chapel. Admission is free, and all are welcome.

In July 2022 Mount Sion Secondary School has been given the green light for a new €20m build. The new school will be future proofed to ensure capacity of up to 500 pupils, with 430 currently enrolled. It will also have capacity for four Special Educational Needs classes to support pupils with special educational and complex needs.

Edmund Ignatius Rice, F.P.M., C.F.C. (1 June 1762 – 29 August 1844) was a Catholic missionary and educationalist. He was the founder of two religious institutes of religious brothers: the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers.

Rice was born in Ireland at a time when Catholics faced oppression under Penal Laws enforced by the British authorities, though reforms began in 1778 when he was a teenager. He forged a successful career in business and, after an accident that killed his wife and left his daughter disabled and with learning difficulties, thereafter devoted his life to the education of the poor.

Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers schools around the world continue to follow the traditions established by Edmund Rice.

STREET ART IN WATERFORD IN MAY 2016

March 4, 2023 by infomatique

IT WAS MUCH BETTER IN 2017

When I visited the City of Waterford in 2016 I was unaware of the Waterford Walls annual street art festival I managed to not visit the areas where the best street art was on display. In 2017 I was much better prepared.

Each year new works of vibrant street art are added to Waterford’s walls, creating the wonderful outdoor gallery that locals and visitors alike get to explore and enjoy every day! Since 2014, the mission of Waterford Walls is to transform and regenerate urban spaces in Waterford to inspire and connect communities.

WATERFORD INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE STREET CAMPUS

March 3, 2023 by infomatique

MANOR HILL AND NEARBY MAY 2016

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Official address is 14 Virginia Crescent, Hennessy’s Rd, Waterford, X91 AK3T

This was my first time in the area and I had was physically exhausted so I did not explore in great detail but I did revisit the area in the following years.

The Waterford Institute of Technology was an institute of technology, located in Waterford, Ireland. The institute had six constituent schools and offered programmes in business, engineering, science, health sciences, as well as education & humanities.

The institute opened in 1970 as a Regional Technical College and adopted its name on 7 May 1997. Along with the Institute of Technology, Carlow, the institute was dissolved on 1 May 2022 and was succeeded by the South East Technological University.

WATERFORD DISTILLERY PHOTOGRAPHED MAY 2016

March 3, 2023 by infomatique

PRODUCTION BEGAN IN JANUARY 2016

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Waterford Distillery, Waterford (est. 2016) – a craft distillery established in a converted Diageo facility. Production of spirit began in January 2016. The distillery will produce a single malt.

Irish whiskey is whiskey made on the island of Ireland. The word ‘whiskey’ (or whisky) comes from the Irish uisce beatha, meaning water of life.

Irish whiskey was once the most popular spirit in the world, though a long period of decline from the late 19th century onwards greatly damaged the industry, so much so that although Ireland boasted at least 28 distilleries in the 1890s, by 1966 this number had fallen to just two, and by 1972 the remaining distilleries, Bushmills Distillery and Old Midleton Distillery (replaced by New Midleton Distillery), were owned by just one company, Irish Distillers.

The monopoly situation was ended by an academically-conceived launch of the first new distillery in decades, Cooley Distillery, in 1987. Since the 1990s, Irish whiskey has seen a resurgence in popularity and has been the fastest-growing spirit in the world every year since 1990. With exports growing by over 15% per annum, existing distilleries have been expanded and a number of new distilleries constructed. As of December 2019, Ireland has 32 distilleries in operation, with more either planned or under development.