Historical Waterford

Waterford City owes it origins to the Viking raiders and settlers of the ninth and tenth centuries. For the geologist and historians the castles and their ruins are a worthwhile trip with some of the oldest megalithic tombs and dolmens in europe. Guided walks around the old city walls are given on a daily basis and are very pouplar with locals and tourists alike. Some areas of interest include:

• The Edmund Rice Centre commemorating the founder of the Christian Brothers, Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice. Situated just next door to our Guesthouse(hense the name Rice Guesthouse), tours of the museum and shrine may be aranged.
• Reginalds Tower built by the Vikings in 1003A.D., has since undergone extensive restoration and is now open to the public seven days a week.
• City Walls dating from the Norman & Anglo period. Including six towers and long streches of the wall still standing which once enclosed the entire city.

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