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Stradbally Medieval Church

The local Church of Ireland church in Stradbally, County Waterford, houses the ruins of a large, medieval house of worship. It contains a fortified presbytery, which is believed to have been constructed in the 1200s for protection during the disputes ...

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Curraghmore House

Magnificent home of the Marquis of Waterford and his ancestors since 1170. The interior of the house contains exceptionally fine plasterwork by James Wyatt, also pictures, prints, books, works of art, furniture, porcelain, jewllery and medals.

Grounds include outstanding Arboretum, ...

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The Copper Coast European Geopark

The Copper Coast European Geopark is located

on the South East coast of Ireland,

between Tramore and Dungarvan in County Waterford.

It extends between Fenor in the east to

Stradbally in the west and up to Dunhill in the north.

The Copper Coast Visitors Centre ...

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Bishop’s Palace Museum

Waterford city boasts the finest collection of 18th Century architecture of any city in Ireland outside of Dublin. Its great legacy from this era includes elegant architecture, silverware and of course, fine glassmaking. This period of elegance began in Waterford ...

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Edmund Rice Centre

The centre's visions and aims are to promote and support the story of Edmund Rice and the Christian Brothers today in a way that challenges people to engage with the mission of Edmund Rice in a contemporary world.

The Centre ...

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Slob Historic District

The Slob Historic District began as a large sugar plantation in the mid-18th century. Owned by the Bodkin family until 1784, the estate boasted a factory building, a water mill tower, a "great house" constructed c.1750 and a slave village. ...

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Estate St. George Historic District

The Estate St. George Historic District represents a successful late 18th-century sugar plantation. Owned by the Heyliger family during the era known as the "Golden Age of Sugar" (1770 to 1782), the estate continued to process sugar until 1916. After ...

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Frederiksted Historic District

The Frederiksted Historic District symbolizes 200 years of western St. Croix's political history. Frederiksted was laid out in a grid plan by surveyor Jens Beck. Fort Frederik constructed by the Danes the following year to protect them from pirates, was ...

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Friedensfeld Midlands and Moravian Church and Manse

Friedensfeld (Field of Peace) was the third Moravian mission on St.Croix. In 1807, the Brethren acquired six acres from Estate Mon Bijou. Although a foundation stone was laid in 1807, construction was delayed due to the disruptions caused by the ...

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Columbus Landing Site

This Salt River Bay site is the only known place where members of Columbus's expedition set foot on what is now U.S. territory, and was the site of the first armed clash between Europeans and American natives. On November 14, ...

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