Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
On the Harborfront:
The Granville Hotel
's carvery is your best €10 lunch option if
you're looking for a central waterfront location (daily 12:30-14:30, otherwise good bar
food daily 10:30-21:00, Meagher's Quay).
Pub Grub and Music:
Waterford's staple food seems to be pub grub. Several typical
pubs serve dinner in the city center. For your musical entertainment, hum a medley of your
favorite show tunes. For some reason, not much live music exists in town. Ask at your
hotel, or just wander around, read the notices, and follow your ears. Anything with a pulse
will be found on George Street, Barronstrand Street, and Broad Street.
Supermarket:
Dunnes Store
in the shopping center is your best grocery option (Mon-
Sat 9:00-19:00, Thu-Fri until 21:00, Sun 12:00-18:00).
From Waterford by Train to: Dublin
(8/day, 2.5 hours),
Kilkenny
(6/day, 45 minutes).
For details, see
www.irishrail.ie
.
By Bus to: Cork
(almost hourly, 2.25 hours),
Kilkenny
(2/day, 1 hour),
Rosslare
(4/
day,1.5-2.5hours),
Wexford
(5/day,1hour).Waterfordbusstationinfo:Tel.051/879-000.
For details, see
www.buseireann.ie
.
The southeast corner of Ireland, peppered with pretty views and historic sites, is easily
accessible to drivers as a day trip from Waterford. While most of the sights are mediocre,
five worth considering are within an hour's drive of Waterford.
The dramatic Hook Head Lighthouse—capping an intriguing and remote penin-
sula—comes with lots of history and a great tour. The Kennedy Homestead is a pilgrimage
site for Kennedy fans. These two stops involve more back-roads navigation, but they feel
more intimate (study your map south of the town of New Ross).
The
Dunbrody
Famine Ship in New Ross gives a sense of what 50 days on a “coffin
ship” with dreams of “Americay” must have been like. The Irish National Heritage Park
near Wexford is like a Knott's Berry Farm...circa the Stone Age. And the National 1798
Centre in Enniscorthy explains the roots of the Irish struggle for liberty. These three stops,
which are no strangers to tour buses, form an easy driving triangle whose legs are N-25,
N-11, and N-30.
