Just Published BLAA-THERINGS by Cian Manning

 BLAA-THERINGS

STORIES FROM THE GENTLE COUNTY, WATERFORD 

     BLAA-THERINGS is a collection of stories that look at the forgotten, unusual and quirky tales and lives that concern the history of the Gentle County, Waterford.

     From colourful local characters to titans of European and World History, this eclectic assortment of essays is easy reading for those who wish to discover stories about unfamiliar figures in remarkable times during the history of Waterford city and county.

     There's something for everyone, from music and sport to economics and politics. All these tales come with a Deise-view, that transforms blackguarding to blaggarding into BLAA-THERINGS.

A SELECTION OF WATERFORD STORIES: 

⦁ TAKE ME TO THE RIVER: THE SWEET SUIR IN SONG & STORY

⦁ ANNE HUNTER: WATERFORD POETESS & HAYDN’S MUSE? 

⦁ ‘cogomen of the “untouched”’: WATERFORD & A FOILED-PLOT IN THE 1798 REBELLION

⦁ KATE TOWNSEND (1830s – 1883): ‘QUEEN OF THE DEMIMONDE’  

⦁ WILLIAM J. KENNY: WATERFORD’S BRITISH CONSUL-GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINES, 1903-1908

⦁ DENIS A. MCCARTHY: CARRICK-BORN POET OF BOSTON

⦁ A WATERFORD CHANGELING?: ADOPTION & ABDUCTION ABSURDITIES IN 1880

⦁ THE WATERFORD ‘WATCHDOG OF ECUADOR’: COMMODORE JAMES F. POWER

⦁ MOUNTFORD LUPTON: REMAINS WITH ROYAL CONNECTIONS

⦁ KUBELÍK CAN: A CZECH VIOLINIST AT THE THEATRE ROYAL

⦁ P.A. POWERS: MICKEY MOUSE’S WATERFORD CONNECTION  

⦁ LUCIE DORICE WHITE: TEN YEARS IN SOVIET RUSSIA

⦁ MICHEAL O’BRIEN & THE FIRST TELEVISION SET IN WATERFORD CITY

⦁ EDWARD MORLAND LEWIS (1903 – 1943): A WELSH OFFICER ARTIST IN WATERFORD

⦁ MARY LARKIN: A BIGAMOUS BARMAID OR SOCIETY’S SHAME?

⦁ TOWER AT WATERFORD BY L.S. LOWRY (1965)

     Available from Amazon at Blaa-therings by Cian Manning

Upcoming Lecture 20/10/23 : The Lure of the Sea in Georgian Ireland by Dr Vandra Costello

 Dr Vandra Costello, will deliver a talk titled The lure of the sea in Georgian Ireland , how the pursuit of the sublime and the fashion for sea bathing changed the appearance of the coast and the ways in which people engaged with the sea’ to the Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society at 8 pm on Friday, October 20th in St Patrick’s Gateway Centre, Waterford (Eircode X91 YX61).

 

From the mid-eighteenth-century seaside resorts began to develop in Ireland and the practice of sea bathing was first popularised. In her lecture, Vandra Costello will explore notions of the therapeutic benefits of sea air which led the aristocracy to build or reorientate houses to give views of, and access to, the sea with resulting effects on coastal landscapes.

Dr Vandra Costello is a garden writer and historic gardens and landscape historian. She publishes widely on garden and landscape history and is the author of Irish Demesne Landscapes 1660–1740 (Four Courts Press, 2015).