1. Peter Prendergast: 3rd cousin met us in Waterford along with his wife Madeleine and we spent the day with them. Many thanks to them both for the lovely day and history lessons!
2. New Ross: coffin ship in harbor
3. Wexford city wall: Peter and Madeleine live in Wexford and Peter's father and grandfather did also.
4. Beautiful flowers on hillside overlooking Wexford.
5. Statue of John Barry: Irishman who started the US navy
6. Mud flats during low tide with a docked row boat
7. Peter's grandfather's home: would have been a storefront or pub on ground floor and living quarters on two floors above, 3 rooms deep each floor.
8. Passageway from the sea to the city
9. Enniscorthy Castle: built in 1100's. Anglo-Norman Phillip de Prendergast and wife (son of Knight Maurice de Prendergast) lived here 1190-1229. Descendants continued to live there until 1490 until forcefully taken by Kavanagh. This castle is now a museum and open to the public but had been a private home until 1950.
10. Peter and Madeleine in front of the castle.
11. Dublin harbor with trains running along the harbor
12. James Joyce's tower: inspiration for Ulysses
13. Forty foot bathing place: beautiful area where formerly nude male bathing was allowed until the women protested the custom. Now "togs must be warn" sign there. People were actually swimming there today
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