Modern Waterford, 1923-2005
Waterford's importance in independent Ireland was as a port and a local centre of industry. Notable industries included the famous Waterford Crystal factory, employing 3,300 skilled employees at one time. The city was also a major railway terminus.
Strongbow, aka Earl of Pembroke (1170) Norman incursion in Waterford marked the beginning of a 750 year foreign presence in Ireland.
- Peter Lombard (1555–1625) Archbishop of Armagh.
- Luke Wadding (1588–1657) Franciscan Historian and Theologian. (Responsible for the introduction of St. Patricks Day as a Universal Feast Day)
- Thomas Wyse (1791–1862) Politician and Diplomat.
- Ernest Walton nobel prize physics
- William Vincent Wallace (1814–1865) Composer.
- Thomas Francis Meagher (1823–1867) Irish Patriot.
- Peter O'Connor (1872–1957) Olympic Champion Jumper & Long Jump record holder.
- John Condon (1901–1915) Youngest soldier to die on the Allied side in WWI.
- Edmund Ignatius Rice (1762–1844) Founded the Christian Brothers, Educated the poor.
- George Lennon (1900–1991) ASU Leader who took command of the city in the name of the Irish people in early 1922
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