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
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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.
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