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County Waterford

Index County Waterford

County Waterford (Contae Phort Láirge; the English name comes from Old Norse Vedrafjörður) is a county in Ireland. [1]

104 relations: Abbeyside, Affane, Aglish, Aglish, Ballinameela and Mount Stuart, Annestown, Ardmore, County Waterford, Ballinacourty, Ballinamult, Ballinroad, Ballybeg, County Waterford, Ballygunner, Ballylaneen, Ballymacarbry, Ballysaggart, County Waterford, Barony (Ireland), Bunmahon, Cappoquin, Carrickbeg, Celtic Sea, Cheekpoint, Clashmore, Comeragh Mountains, Copper Coast Geopark, Counties of Ireland, County Cork, County Kilkenny, County seat, County Tipperary, County town, County Wexford, Dáil Éireann, Déisi, Declán of Ardmore, Dungarvan, Dunhill, County Waterford, Dunmore East, Elections to the European Parliament, Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009, Eurostat, Fenor, Ferrybank, Waterford, Gaels, Gaeltacht, Gaeltacht na nDéise, Geopark, Grange, County Waterford, Great Famine (Ireland), High Sheriff of County Waterford, Kill, County Waterford, Kilmacthomas, ..., Kilmeadan, Kilrossanty, Knockanore, Knockmealdown, Knockmealdown Mountains, Lemybrien, Limerick–Rosslare railway line, Lismore, County Waterford, List of Irish counties by area, List of Irish counties by population, Local government in the Republic of Ireland, Local Government Reform Act 2014, Lord Lieutenant of Waterford, Mahon Bridge, Megalith, Mine Head Lighthouse, Mothel, Mount Congreve, Munster, Munster Blackwater, Norman invasion of Ireland, NUTS 3 statistical regions of the Republic of Ireland, Ogham, Old Norse, Old Parish, Passage East, Portlaw, Provinces of Ireland, Public housing, Rathgormack, Republic of Ireland, Ring, County Waterford, River Suir, Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore, Sliabh gCua, South (European Parliament constituency), South-East Region, Ireland, Tallow, County Waterford, Teachta Dála, The Expulsion of the Déisi, Tipperary South (Dáil Éireann constituency), Tooraneena, Tourin, Tramore, UNESCO, Vehicle registration plates of the Republic of Ireland, Vikings, Villierstown, Waterford, Waterford (Dáil Éireann constituency), Waterford City and County Council, Waterford City Council, Waterford County Council, Woodstown. Expand index (54 more) »

Abbeyside

Abbeyside is an area in Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland.

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Affane

Affane is a small village in west County Waterford, Ireland, situated near Cappoquin and the River Blackwater.

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Aglish

Aglish is a village in west County Waterford, Ireland.

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Aglish, Ballinameela and Mount Stuart

Aglish, Ballinameela and Mount Stuart is a large parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore.

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Annestown

Annestown is a coastal village in County Waterford, Ireland on the Copper Coast between Dungarvan and Tramore made up of around 25 cottages and houses built on a steep hill.

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Ardmore, County Waterford

Ardmore is a seaside resort and fishing village in County Waterford, Ireland, not far from Youghal on the south coast of Ireland, with a population of around 330, although this varies with the tourist season.

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Ballinacourty

Ballinacourty, officially Ballynacourty, is a rural area on the southern coast of Ireland near Dungarvan, County Waterford.

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Ballinamult

Ballinamult is a hamlet in County Waterford situated near the border with County Tipperary.

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Ballinroad

Ballinroad is a village approximately 3 km from Dungarvan, County Waterford on the south coast of Ireland.

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Ballybeg, County Waterford

Ballybeg (Baile Beag) is a largely working class district in Waterford, Ireland.

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Ballygunner

Ballygunner (Baile Gunnair), is a civil parish in County Waterford, Ireland.

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Ballylaneen

Ballylaneen (previously spelt as Baile Uí Laithín) is a small village in County Waterford, Ireland, approximately halfway between the villages of Kilmacthomas and Bunmahon on a hill by the River Mahon.

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Ballymacarbry

Ballymacarbry is a village in County Waterford, Ireland with an approximate population of 200 people.

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Ballysaggart, County Waterford

Ballysaggart is a village in County Waterford, Ireland.

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Barony (Ireland)

In Ireland, a barony (barúntacht, plural barúntachtaí) is a historical subdivision of a county, analogous to the hundreds into which the counties of England were divided.

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Bunmahon

Bunmahon (“the end of the Mahon”), also called Bonmahon, is a coastal village in County Waterford, Ireland, at the mouth of the River Mahon.

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Cappoquin

Cappoquin, also spelt Cappaquin or Capaquin, is a town in west County Waterford, Ireland.

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Carrickbeg

Carrickbeg is a village on the southern side of the river Suir in southern Ireland.

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Celtic Sea

The Celtic Sea (An Mhuir Cheilteach; Y Môr Celtaidd; An Mor Keltek; Ar Mor Keltiek; La mer Celtique) is the area of the Atlantic Ocean off the south coast of Ireland bounded to the east by Saint George's Channel; other limits include the Bristol Channel, the English Channel, and the Bay of Biscay, as well as adjacent portions of Wales, Cornwall, Devon, and Brittany.

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Cheekpoint

Cheekpoint is a village set on the confluence of the River Suir and the River Barrow.

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Clashmore

Clashmore (Irish Clais Mhór) is a village in west County Waterford, Ireland.

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Comeragh Mountains

The Comeragh Mountains (Irish: Na Comaraigh) are a glaciated mountain range situated in the south east of Ireland in County Waterford.

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Copper Coast Geopark

The Copper Coast Geopark is a designated area comprising a stretch of the southern coast of Ireland in County Waterford, extending for some 17 km from Kilfarrasy in the east to Stradbally in the west.

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Counties of Ireland

The counties of Ireland (contaetha na hÉireann; Ulster-Scots: coonties o Airlann) are sub-national divisions that have been, and in some cases continue to be, used to geographically demarcate areas of local government.

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County Cork

County Cork (Contae Chorcaí) is a county in Ireland.

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County Kilkenny

County Kilkenny (Contae Chill Chainnigh) is a county in Ireland.

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County seat

A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish.

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County Tipperary

County Tipperary (Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland.

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County town

A county town in Great Britain or Ireland is usually, but not always, the location of administrative or judicial functions within the county.

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County Wexford

County Wexford (Contae Loch Garman, Yola: Weiseforthe) is a county in Ireland.

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Dáil Éireann

Dáil Éireann (lit. Assembly of Ireland) is the lower house, and principal chamber, of the Oireachtas (Irish legislature), which also includes the President of Ireland and Seanad Éireann (the upper house).

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Déisi

The Déisi were a class of peoples in ancient and medieval Ireland.

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Declán of Ardmore

Declán of Ardmore (Declán mac Eircc, Declanus, died 5th century), also called Déclán, was an early Irish saint of the Déisi Muman, who was remembered for having converted the Déisi in the late 5th century and for having founded the monastery of Ardmore (Ard Mór) in what is now Co.

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Dungarvan

Dungarvan is a coastal town and harbour in County Waterford, on the south coast of Ireland.

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Dunhill, County Waterford

Dunhill (Irish:Dún Aill) is a town in County Waterford, Ireland.

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Dunmore East

Dunmore East is a popular tourist and fishing village in County Waterford, Ireland.

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Elections to the European Parliament

Elections to the European Parliament take place every five years by universal adult suffrage.

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Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009

The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 (No. 4/2009) was a law in Ireland which provided for parliamentary constituencies for the 31st Dáil Éireann.

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Eurostat

Eurostat is a Directorate-General of the European Commission located in Luxembourg.

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Fenor

Fenor, officially Fennor, is a village in County Waterford, Ireland on the Copper Coast between Dungarvan and Tramore.

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Ferrybank, Waterford

Ferrybank is a suburb of Waterford City in Ireland.

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Gaels

The Gaels (Na Gaeil, Na Gàidheil, Ny Gaeil) are an ethnolinguistic group native to northwestern Europe.

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Gaeltacht

Gaeltacht (plural Gaeltachtaí) is an Irish-language word for any primarily Irish-speaking region.

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Gaeltacht na nDéise

Gaeltacht na nDéise is a Gaeltacht area in County Waterford consisting of the parish of Ring, County Waterford and Old Parish.

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Geopark

A geopark is a unified area that advances the protection and use of geological heritage in a sustainable way, and promotes the economic well-being of the people who live there.

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Grange, County Waterford

Grange is a small village in the west County Waterford, Ireland.

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Great Famine (Ireland)

The Great Famine (an Gorta Mór) or the Great Hunger was a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1849.

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High Sheriff of County Waterford

The High Sheriff of County Waterford was the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Waterford.

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Kill, County Waterford

Kill, is a village in County Waterford, Ireland located between Dungarvan and Tramore.

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Kilmacthomas

Kilmacthomas or Kilmactomas, often referred to locally as "Kilmac", is a town on the River Mahon in County Waterford, Ireland.

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Kilmeadan

Kilmeadan or Kilmeaden (Irish: Cill Mhíodáin) is a village in County Waterford, Ireland.

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Kilrossanty

Kilrossanty is a small village and parish in County Waterford, Ireland.

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Knockanore

Knockanore is a rural village in County Waterford, situated approximately 9 miles (15 km) from neighbouring towns Youghal (County Cork) and Tallow (also in County Waterford).The village is located on a designated scenic routeway.

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Knockmealdown

Knockmealdown (Cnoc Mhaoldomhnaigh) is the highest peak of the Knockmealdown Range of mountains, located on the border between Co Tipperary and Co Waterford.

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Knockmealdown Mountains

The Knockmealdown Mountains (Sléibhte Chnoc Mhaoldomhnaigh) is a mountain range located on the border of counties Tipperary and Waterford in Ireland, running east and west between the two counties.

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Lemybrien

Lemybrien is a small village on the N25 road, linking Cork to Waterford City, Ireland.

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Limerick–Rosslare railway line

The Limerick–Rosslare railway line is a railway in the Republic of Ireland that links the city of Limerick on the Atlantic coast with Rosslare Europort on the coast of the Irish Sea.

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Lismore, County Waterford

Lismore is an historic town in County Waterford, in the province of Munster, Ireland.

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List of Irish counties by area

This is a list of the counties of Ireland ordered by area.

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List of Irish counties by population

This is a list of counties of Ireland ordered by population.

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Local government in the Republic of Ireland

In Ireland, local government functions are mostly exercised by thirty-one local authorities, termed County, City, or City and County Councils.

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Local Government Reform Act 2014

The Local Government Reform Act 2014 is an act of the Oireachtas providing for a major restructuring of local government in the Republic of Ireland with effect from the 2014 local elections.

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Lord Lieutenant of Waterford

This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of County Waterford.

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Mahon Bridge

Mahon Bridge, also spelled Mahonbridge, is a village in the parish of Kilrossanty in mid County Waterford, Ireland, located on the R676 road between Carrick on Suir and Dungarvan.

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Megalith

A megalith is a large stone that has been used to construct a structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones.

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Mine Head Lighthouse

Mine Head Lighthouse is an excellently preserved operational 19th century lighthouse in An Sean Phobal, County Waterford, Ireland.

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Mothel

Mothel is a small village near the Comeragh Mountains in the northern part of County Waterford, Ireland.

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Mount Congreve

Mount Congreve is an 18th-century Georgian estate and mansion situated near the village of Kilmeaden in County Waterford, Ireland.

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Munster

Munster (an Mhumhain / Cúige Mumhan,.

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Munster Blackwater

The Blackwater or Munster Blackwater (An Abha Mhór, The Big River) is a river which flows through counties Kerry, Cork, and Waterford in Ireland.

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Norman invasion of Ireland

The Norman invasion of Ireland took place in stages during the late 12th century, at a time when Gaelic Ireland was made up of several kingdoms, with a High King claiming lordship over all.

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NUTS 3 statistical regions of the Republic of Ireland

There are eight regions at NUTS III level in Ireland.

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Ogham

Ogham (Modern Irish or; ogam) is an Early Medieval alphabet used to write the early Irish language (in the "orthodox" inscriptions, 1st to 6th centuries AD), and later the Old Irish language (scholastic ogham, 6th to 9th centuries).

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Old Norse

Old Norse was a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements from about the 9th to the 13th century.

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Old Parish

An Sean Phobal is a village in west County Waterford, Ireland.

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Passage East

Passage East is a fishing village in County Waterford, Ireland, situated on the west bank of Waterford Harbour.

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Portlaw

Portlaw is a town in County Waterford, Ireland.

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Provinces of Ireland

Since the early 17th-century there have been four Provinces of Ireland: Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster.

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Public housing

Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local.

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Rathgormack

Rathgormack is a village and parish in northern County Waterford, Ireland.

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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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Ring, County Waterford

Ring (its official name) or Ringagonagh (Rinn Ó gCuanach) is a parish within the Irish-speaking Gaeltacht na nDéise area in County Waterford, Ireland.

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River Suir

The River Suir (Irish An tSiúr or Abhainn na Siúire) is a river in Ireland that flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Waterford after a distance of.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore

The Diocese of Waterford and Lismore (Irish: Deoise Phort Láirge agus Leasa Móire) is a Roman Catholic diocese in southern Ireland.

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Sliabh gCua

Sliabh gCua is a traditional district of west County Waterford, Ireland, between Clonmel and Dungarvan, covering areas like Touraneena, Ballinamult and Knockboy.

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South (European Parliament constituency)

South is a constituency of the European Parliament in Ireland.

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South-East Region, Ireland

The South-East Region (coded IE024) is a NUTS Level III statistical region of Ireland.

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Tallow, County Waterford

Tallow is a town in County Waterford, Ireland.

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Teachta Dála

A TD (plural TDanna in Irish or TDs in English; full Irish form Teachta Dála,, plural Teachtaí Dála) is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament).

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The Expulsion of the Déisi

The Expulsion of the Déisi is a medieval Irish narrative of the Cycles of the Kings.

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Tipperary South (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Tipperary South was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 1948 to 2016.

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Tooraneena

Tooraneena or Touraneena is a village in west County Waterford, Ireland.

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Tourin

Tourin is a type of French garlic soup, also known as le tourin d'ail doux, or smooth garlic soup.

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Tramore

Tramore is a seaside town in County Waterford on the southeast coast of Ireland.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris.

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Vehicle registration plates of the Republic of Ireland

In the Republic of Ireland, vehicle registration plates (commonly known as "number plates") are the visual indications of motor vehicle registration – officially termed "index marks" – which it has been mandatory since 1903 to display on most motor vehicles used on public roads in Ireland.

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Vikings

Vikings (Old English: wicing—"pirate", Danish and vikinger; Swedish and vikingar; víkingar, from Old Norse) were Norse seafarers, mainly speaking the Old Norse language, who raided and traded from their Northern European homelands across wide areas of northern, central, eastern and western Europe, during the late 8th to late 11th centuries.

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Villierstown

Villierstown is a village in west County Waterford, Ireland.

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Waterford

Waterford (from Old Norse Veðrafjǫrðr, meaning "ram (wether) fjord") is a city in Ireland.

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Waterford (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Waterford is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas.

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Waterford City and County Council

Waterford City and County Council (Comhairle Cathrach agus Contae Phort Láirge) is the authority responsible for local government in the City of Waterford and County Waterford in Ireland.

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Waterford City Council

Waterford City Council (Comhairle Cathrach Phort Láirge) was the authority responsible for local government in the city of Waterford in Ireland.

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Waterford County Council

Waterford County Council (Comhairle Contae Phort Láirge) was the authority responsible for local government in County Waterford, Ireland.

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Woodstown

Woodstown is home to a historic settlement measuring 1.5 km by 0.5 km, located on the southern bank of the River Suir, about 5.5 km west of Waterford City in the southeast of Ireland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Waterford

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