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Dunmore East
Picturesque fishing village on the Waterford coast with red sandstone cliffs, sheltered coves and a charming harbour.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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Waterford
Munster, Ireland · Europe
About Waterford
Waterford is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Mooncoin, 23km from Copper Coast Geopark.
Waterford is in Munster, Ireland, with about 54,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Mooncoin, about 10 km away.
Waterford City Library, also known as the Central Library, is a public library in Waterford, Ireland. It was the first to be built of Ireland's many Carnegie libraries. The philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, who had previously opened libraries in Scotland and the US, himself laid the foundation stone in 1903.
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library is built over Lady's Gate, part of the medieval city walls of the city. The stump of the tower beside Lady's Gate on Lady Lane can be seen through glass in the floor of the library during library opening hours.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Waterford?
Within an hour or so of Waterford: Dunmore East (14 km), Hook Head Lighthouse (19 km), Copper Coast Geopark (23 km), The Vee (56 km).
Are there any good drives near Waterford?
The nearest famous roads are Copper Coast Geopark, The Vee and Wicklow Gap.
Where is Waterford?
Waterford is in Munster, Ireland, about 10 km from Mooncoin.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 53,504
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Ireland
- Region
- Munster
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
- Coordinates
- 52.2583, -7.1119
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Worth the detour from Waterford
4 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Hook Head Lighthouse
One of the oldest operational lighthouses in the world, guiding ships for over 800 years at the tip of the Hook Peninsula in Wexford.
19 km · about 20 min drive
coastal drive
Copper Coast Geopark
A UNESCO Global Geopark along the R675 in Waterford, with coves and cliffs formed from old volcanic and mining ground.
23 km · about 25 min drive
mountain pass
The Vee
V-shaped hairpin pass on the R668 climbing to 610m through the Knockmealdown Gap between Clogheen and Lismore, ablaze with rhododendron in late May. Overlooks Bay Lough and the Golden Vale patchwork below.
56 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Waterford
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 23 kmCopper Coast GeoparkA UNESCO Global Geopark along the R675 in Waterford, with coves and cliffs formed from old volcanic and mining ground.
- 56 kmThe VeeV-shaped hairpin pass on the R668 climbing to 610m through the Knockmealdown Gap between Clogheen and Lismore, ablaze with rhododendron in late May. Overlooks Bay Lough and the Golden Vale patchwork below.
Driving in Ireland
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.78/litre
- Motorway tolls
- ~€2.10/100km
When to drive here
April to October
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