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Dungarvan, Co. Waterford

Dungarvan (Dún Garbháin in Irish) is a town and harbour and is the administrative centre of County Waterford. The town's Irish name means "Garbhan's fort", referring to Saint Garbhan who founded a church there in the seventh century.

Dungarvan is a great town to visit in Ireland's 'Sunny South East'. Activities in the area include sailing, walking, angling, diving and cycling. There are also galleries, craft shops and a garden trail.

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Shamrock Restaurant & Townhouse

Dungarvan, Co. Waterford

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Moorings, The

Dungarvan, Co. Waterford

Pub / Restaurant

You can walk along the quays to this attractive family-run bar and restaurant, which i ...

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Shamrock Restaurant & Townhouse

Dungarvan, Co. Waterford

Restaurant with Rooms

Traditionalists will love the Shamrock. Here at their homely family run café-re ...

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Eunice Power Catering

Dungarvan, Co. Waterford

Cookery School

Edmund and Eunice Power’s fine house in Dungarvan had a well-earned reputation a ...

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Eunice Power Catering

Dungarvan, Co. Waterford

Cookery School

Edmund and Eunice Power’s fine house in Dungarvan had a well-earned reputation a ...

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Gardens

Ballymaloe Cookery School Gardens

Shanagarry, Co. Cork

The gardens at Ballymaloe are delicious - traditional with an original twist, just like Darina Allen’s recipes. The first garden was made in the 1980s and, inspired by a the great French garden at Villandry, is laid out with a parterre of f ...

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Golf

West Waterford Golf Club

Dungarvan, Co. Waterford
Course Type: Parkland

The opening of this fine, Dungarvan development in 1993, was a particularly proud occasion for the designer, Eddie Hackett, who was seeing his 100th course become ready for play. The course is located in the Brickey Valley, just outside Dungarva ...

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Self Catering

Kilmaneen Farmhouse & Cottage

Clonmel, Co. Tipperary

As neat as a new pin, Kevin & Ber O'Donnell's delightfully situated farmhouse and cottage is on an ex-dairy farm, surrounded by three mountain ranges - the Comeraghs, the Knockmealdowns and the Galtees - and close to the rivers Suir and Tar, ...

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What's On

Stradbally Community Market - Co Waterford - 1st Saturday Each Month

Stradbally Community Market - 1st Saturday of month 10-12.30pm from Easter-Christmas

Carrigahilla, Stradbally, Co Waterford

Contact: Tom Hickey 051 293 219 tom167@gof ...

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Tourist Attractions

Dungarvan Castle

Dungarvan, Co. Waterford

Dungarvan Castle (also known as King John's Castle) was built by the Normans in the 12th century and strengthened by King John of Robin Hood fame in the early 1200's. The Castle consists of a polygonal shell keep with an enclosing curtain wall, a ...

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Wedding Venues

Ballymaloe House

Shanagarry, Co. Cork

Ireland’s most famous country house (modestly described as ‘a large family farmhouse’ in their Blue Book entry) is a place that may not immediately come to mind as a wedding venues, but the Allen family’s fine creeper-clad ...

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