Did you know? 15 Interesting Facts about Waterford City

1. Waterford city is the oldest city in Ireland

2. The Quay of Waterford City is also known as 'the Noblest Quay in Europe'

3. Waterford City has the longest bridge in Ireland

4. Bishop's palace displays the only surviving Bonaparte 'mourning cross', which was one of 12 produced upon Napoleon Bonaparte's death in 1821

5. Bishop's Palace also holds the Penrose Decanter, the oldest surviving piece of Waterford Crystal, which dates back to 1789

6. Reginald's Tower is the oldest civic urban building in Ireland

7. Reginald's Tower is the only monument in Ireland named in honor of viking Regnall, grandson of Ivor the Boneless

8. The Irish flag was displayed for the first time on 7th of March 1848 on 33 the Mall

9. Thomas Francis Maegher, a Waterford born man, is an Irish Patriot and American Civil War Hero, Major of Montana designed the current Irish Flag

10. Waterford City is the only city in Europe where  the Protestant and Catholic Cathedrals were designed and built by the same architect-John Roberts

11. River Suir is the fastest flowing river in Europe

12. The Roman Catholic Cathedral is the oldest in Ireland

13. The tomb of Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice, the founder of  the Christian and Presentation Brothers, is located in Edmund Rice Heritage Centre, Waterford City

14.William Vincent Wallance, an opera composer and organist was born in Waterford City.

15.  Waterford City's new Cable Stayed Bridge is the longest bridge in Ireland.