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Waterford

Waterford is a city in County Waterford in the south of Ireland. Founded over 1100 years ago, it's famous for its fine glassware, though the glassworks has closed down and Waterford Crystal is nowadays made abroad. Wikivoyage

Population 48,369 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Ireland

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Ireland

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Altogether Now

    August

    Altogether Now is a modern music festival held on Curraghmore Estate over the three days of the early August holiday weekend. It's Ireland’s largest independent festival and won the IMRO 2024 Festival of the Year award

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Waterford); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Country Market

    Locally produced fruit, vegetables, home baked goods etc.

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: closed
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: 09:00–14:00
    6. Saturday: closed
    7. Sunday: closed

    09:00–14:00

    740 m from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 22 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.