Waterford its a Feeling

Blaas: where it all began.

Waterford is officially home to Ireland’s best restaurant.

Did you ever wonder how the Oxford English Dictionary was first made? Me neither. Until I read “The Professor and the Madman”; only then did the sheer enormity of the task involved in gathering and defining every known word in the English language strike me.

To celebrate 21 years of street arts and spectacle at Spraoi Festival 121 people will cross the Comeragh Mountains during the Summer Solstice, on June 22nd. We’d love you to stride with us.

County Waterford, which boasts the first city in Ireland, has been important since early days, and its influence still continues today. So it's all the more remarkable that when today's visitors - even those living in Ireland - see Reginald's Tower, Lismore Castle, or the Comeragh Mountains for the first time, they express total amazement that the beauty of the county is so little known.

Three Waterford towns have made it onto the Failte Ireland longlist for the 2013 Tourism Towns Award.

Hundreds of you poured on to Waterford’s beaches this weekend as the weather turned distinctly summery but there was something special on the strand for one pair of newlyweds.

Tony Fenton will broadcast his Today FM show from Waterford later this month.

Just to let you know RTE news did filming yesterday for news bulletins tomorrow on Tallow Gathering Event ‘Tallow Tóstal’ This will be transmitted as a news item on RTE 1 at 9.30am, 13.00pm and 18.00pm

Tramore will transform itself into a Mecca for anyone with the famous Waterford name “Power” with events planned for the week. A full itinerary for the bank holiday weekend will be available. From an opening ceremony in Dunhill Ecopark, to a Power trail highlighting venues of interest to Powers across the world to traditional storytelling. This will also be an opportunity to be part of a worldwide Power DNA.

What’s this zombie thing everyone’s talking about? More health and safety nonsense is it?

They do say there’s no such thing as bad publicity; Waterford is in the news today due to the loss of a pair of underpants.

Today FM and Discover Ireland are running The Big Holiday; they are sending the station’s presenters off to broadcast from Ireland’s holiday spots this June.

The wedding of the year takes place in the grounds of Lismore Castle this June Bank Holiday weekend as The Marriage of Figaro is performed at Lismore Music Festival.

Kicking off in Kilmacthomas on Monday 10th June to 26th August the trail offers varied distances and obstacles to accommodate to both beginner and experienced runners. Behind the scenes at Achieve the team have been plotting and scheming to reinvent their trail runs, and will continue to every week throughout the summer series. So if you are brave enough to face the elements have your wits about you!

Are you a musician? Glaoch an Cheoil, a groundbreaking new music project to be televised on TG4, needs you to share your talent by volunteering to teach people who are eager to master a musical instrument. Imagine an Ireland where everyone in the country has the chance to learn to play a musical instrument, from the fiddle to the guitar, the drums or even the saxophone. This is the driving ambition of Glaoch An Cheoil, a brand new 8 part series for TG4. The project aims to unite unused or discarded musical instruments with people who have always wanted to learn to play, but never had the opportunity.

Congratulations to Tramore Beach which retained its Blue Flag for 2013 and to Newtown Cove which regained its Green Coast Award.

Dungarvan TradFest 2013 features DANÚ in concert, the TradFest Céilí with Taylor’s Cross Céilí Band as well as many Pub Sessions, the Festival Club, Busking Competition, Recitals, Open Air Entertainment and Bucket Singing!

We’ve had Ray D’Arcy in Lismore Castle and Ryan Tubridy in the mart in Dungarvan, now it’s Tony Fenton’s turn!

National Bike Week 2013 takes place from Saturday 15th to Sunday 23rd June 2013. Here in Co. Waterford this week long celebration of all things bike related is being jointly coordinated by Waterford County Council, Waterford Sports Partnership and Go Dungarvan. There are also 13 schools and community groups from all around the county who are directly involved in the organisation of events which make up the programme.