Waterford

Having met the couple from Waterford in Dicky Mack’s pub in Dingle, we couldn’t pass this city by without a stopover. The crystal factory has closed – gone broke – and we didn’t help their museum out by visiting them, but visited the Bishop’s House across the road instead. Richard, the guide, was a passionate local historian so he and I got on well especially when he started to talk about the local Irish revolutionaries who were sent to Van Dieman’s Land. The Granville Hotel here is somewhat grander than its counterpart in Maryborough and we couldn’t resist having a drink and dinner there. Coincidentally, Richard’s Irish revolutionary who ended up in Hobart, was born in this hotel his father owned. He escaped from Tassie and went to America. We escape tomorrow and fly to Edinburgh.