Waterford City highlights
We chose not to take the 1 hour tour of Waterford Crystal. Instead we took a walk around the town of Waterford.
Waterford is known for Waterford Crystal, a legacy of the city's former glassmaking industry.
Glass, or crystal, was manufactured in the city from 1783 until early 2009, when the factory there was shut down after the receivership of Waterford Wedgwood plc. The Waterford Crystal visitor centre in the Viking Quarter, under new owners, opened in June 2010, after the intervention of Waterford City Council and Waterford Chamber of Commerce, and resumed production.
Waterford is also known for being the starting point of Ryanair's first flight, a 14-seat Embraer Bandeirante turboprop aircraft flying between Waterford and Gatwick Airport.
