County Waterford Towns - Dunhill, Waterford

Select from list
Towns B-C (6-10)	Towns displayed are D-G (11-15)	Towns K-L (16-20)

1087. Dungarvan

Dungarvan situated on Dungarvan Harbour, where the River Colligan broadens and enters the sea. A busy market town and an excellent holiday centre that can trace its origins back in history to the stone age. It is recorded that about the third century A.D., a tribe called the Desie settled on the site where Dungarvan now stands. The area is still known as the Desies. The name, Dungarvan, derives from the foundation here, by St Garvan, of a monastery in the seventh century. Norman Prince John came here in 1185 and had fortifications built. Some remains of Dungarvan Castle, originally built by him but much altered at various later periods, stands beside the river. In Abbeyside, the town's eastern suburb, are well preserved ruins of the Augustinian Priory founded in the thirteenth century. The sixty foot high square tower, resting on groined arches, was adapted as a belfry for the adjoining Catholic Church. A tomb beneath east window of the Priory bears the inscription 'Donald McGrath 1490'. Just three miles from the town you can see another monument to a 'McGrath' but this stone commemorates not a man but a famous greyhound called 'Master McGrath' who won the Waterloo Cup three times in 1868, 1869 and 1871. Deep-sea and on-shore angling are particularly good in the Dungarvan area and fully equipped boats are available. You can catch cod, coalfish, conger, ling, mackerel, shark, pollock and many others. Salmon, trout and coarse fishing are available nearby. There is no shortage of sporting activities in Dungarvan, golf, tennis, squash, board sailing, yachting and of course, swimming. Numerous sandy beaches are within a 15 mile radius. Particular mention much be made of Clonea, less than two miles from the town centre, with its soft golden sand making it the perfect place for all the family to laze away the long summer days. Dungarvan is an ideal place from which to tour the country because, within easy driving distance, you can enjoy spectacular seascapes, green placid river valleys and wild rugged heather covered mountains.

Services in Dungarvan

Guest Houses | Bed & Breakfasts | Hotels | Car Rental | Vacation Packages

Heritage Centres, Taxi Services, Cathedrals (Historical), Farmhouses, Hostels, Towers (Historical), Museums, Cinemas, Nightclubs, Festivals and Fairs, Beaches, Tennis, Pitch & Putt, Equestrian Sports, Angling, Self Catering, Rivers, Walks, Pubs, Basketball, Bird Watching, Scenic Drives, Restaurants, Craft Centres, Crystal Glass

1088. Dunhill

Services in Dunhill

Car Rental | Vacation Packages

Festivals and Fairs, Pubs

1089. Dunmore East

Nine miles (14 km) south-east of Waterford city is Dunmore East, a popular summer retreat, picturesquely situated at the mouth of Waterford Harbour. The bay on which the village stands is divided by projecting headlands, broken into cliffs and coves. To the north is Credan Head and in the south the high promontory known as the 'Black Knob', beneath which is 'Merlin's Cave'. In the extreme south of the peninsula is Swines Head, and facing the village from the Wexford side of the harbour is the conspicuous Hook Head with its lighthouse. Early in the nineteenth century Dunmore was a station for the packets which carried the mails between England and the south of Ireland. It is noted today as a sea fishing and curing station, and there is excellent sea angling for visitors.

Services in Dunmore_east