{"id":148,"date":"2007-09-29T18:20:31","date_gmt":"2007-09-29T08:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=148"},"modified":"2007-09-29T18:20:31","modified_gmt":"2007-09-29T08:20:31","slug":"waterford-city-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/britain-ireland\/waterford-city-ireland","title":{"rendered":"Waterford City &#8211; Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>DAY 11 &#8211; For lovers of Waterford crystals, Waterford city is home of this world renowned maker of hand-crafted cut glass.\u00a0 In 1783, <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/18087-2\/DSC_0667.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Waterford City\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Waterford City\" \/>George and William Penrose founded their crystal manufacturing business in the heart of Waterford city.\u00a0 In their factory, they produced plain and cut flint glass products.\u00a0 Throughout the ages, Waterford has been producing the world&#8217;s most exquisite crystals and these are easily available in most major department stores around the world.\u00a0 We were therefore more\u00a0keen on\u00a0exploring the city sites rather than\u00a0looking at crystal glassware.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"left\" width=\"85\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/18091-2\/DSC_0672.jpg?resize=85%2C110\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Reginald's Tower\" height=\"110\" style=\"width: 85px; height: 110px\" title=\"Reginald's Tower\" \/>Founded by the Vikings in 914, Waterford is Ireland&#8217;s oldest city. 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