County Waterford Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
county in Ireland
About County Waterford
The tribal domains of southwest Ireland coalesced in the Iron Ages into the Kingdom of Munster. Especially in the low-lying terrain around Waterford, there were harbours and navigable rivers that brought outside influence - and not just from overseas. In an age when overland travel was quagmire-cum-nightmare, early missionaries such as St Declan and St Patrick came by sea, christianising theDéise- the local Celtic tribe - from the 5th century. The Vikings came to raid, but why grab a pig and rush back to sea when you could take permanent possession of this fertile land? So they settled all the way up the navigable River Suir, foundingVeðrafjǫrðr- Waterford - in the 9th century. Their settlement 5 km further upriver may have been even more significant but there's nothing left there. In medi
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