Waterford on www.gedmartin.net

County Waterford material examines overseas connections and focuses upon local communities.

"Waterford: Ireland's Canada County". Waterford's links with Canada go far beyond its well-known role in the Newfoundland fishery:

https://www.gedmartin.net/martinalia-mainmenu-3/172-waterford-irelands-canada-county

"Waterford and the South-East of Ireland, some links with Australia". The Waterford region also has connections with the history of Australia:

https://www.gedmartin.net/martinalia-mainmenu-3/171-waterford-and-the-south-east-of-ireland-some-links-with-australia

"The farmer landlord and the labourer tenant: a County Waterford sidelight on Ireland's Land War, 1882". John Kirwan was a prominent member of the Fenor, County Waterford branch of the Land League. He left himself open to criticism when he prosecuted William Power, a labourer, for failing to pay him rent for a one-roomed hovel.  Egged on by octogenarian magistrate Congreve Rogers, a landlord who had suffered in the Land War, Power ran rings around his opponent:

http://www.gedmartin.net/martinalia-mainmenu-3/294-the-farmer-landlord-and-the-labourer-tenant-a-county-waterford-sidelight-on-ireland-s-land-war-1882

"A virtual stroll around an Irish village: Clashmore, County Waterford". Using Google Street View, with cross-references to other Internet sources, this online tour seeks to convey a flavour of a pleasant Waterford village:

https://www.gedmartin.net/martinalia-mainmenu-3/331-clashmore-virtual-visit

"Father Michael O'Donel: The Newfoundland Adventures of a Clashmore County Waterford Parish Priest". Michael O'Donel arrived in Newfoundland in 1799, where he spent seven years ministering to a primitive fishing community. He died in Clashmore during the cholera outbreak of 1832:

https://www.gedmartin.net/martinalia-mainmenu-3/173-father-michael-odonel-the-newfoundland-adventures-of-a-clashmore-county-waterford-parish-priest

"New Zealand reads about Ardmore (County Waterford), 1852-1931" New Zealand newspapers reprinted stories from Ireland and Britain. This selection explores what Kiwi readers might have learned about life in an Irish village:

https://www.gedmartin.net/martinalia-mainmenu-3/374-nz-ardmore

"The Gladstone Streets of Ireland: a short note". In 2022, both Clonmel, in County Tipperary, and the city of Waterford have a Gladstone Street. This short Note seeks to explain why:

https://www.gedmartin.net/martinalia-mainmenu-3/363-gladstone-streets

"Explorations in the history of Tramore, County Waterford: a list" is an introduction to:

"'A man among millions': Martin Joseph Murphy and the development of Tramore 1888-1919".

"Curing toothache by magic at Tramore, County Waterford in 1888".

"Tramore, Sierra Leone and Johnny McGurk"

"Holidays at Tramore in Verse (1894) and Prose (1910)"

There is also a sketch map of Tramore. 

For more detail, see: https://www.gedmartin.net/martinalia-mainmenu-3/297-explorations-in-the-history-of-tramore-county-waterford-a-list

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