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Waterford Hurlers
"Waterford remains the untaken city" , mapsize = 220px , pushpin_map = Ireland#Europe , pushpin_map_caption = Location within Ireland##Location within Europe , pushpin_relief = 1 , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = Munster , subdivision_type2 = Region , subdivision_name2 = Southern , subdivision_type3 = County , subdivision_name3 = Waterford , established_title = Founded , established_date = 914 , leader_title = Local authority , leader_name = Waterford City and County Council , leader_title2 = Mayor of Waterford , leader_name2 = Damien Geoghegan , leader_title3 = Dáil constituency , leader_name3 = Waterford , area_footnotes = , area_total_km2 = 48.30 , elevation_footnotes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reginald's Tower
Reginald's Tower ( ga, Túr Raghnaill) is a historic tower in Waterford, Munster, Ireland. It is located at the eastern end of the city quay. The tower has been in usage for different purposes for many centuries and is an important landmark in Waterford and an important remnant of its medieval urban defence system. It is the oldest civic building in Ireland and it is the only urban monument in Ireland to retain a Norse or Viking name.McEneaney, 2001. ''Discover Waterford'', O'Brien Press p. 70. . Early history Reginald's Tower was built by the Anglo-Normans after their conquest of Waterford, replacing an earlier Viking fortification. The tower's name is derived from an Anglicised form of the Irish language, Irish name ''Raghnall'', which is in turn a Gaelicised form of the Old Norse ''Røgnvaldr''. The tower's name seems to refer to one of the many Viking List of rulers of Waterford, rulers of the town that bore the name. One possibility is that it refers to Ragnall Mac Gill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
