Waterford

Waterford is a city in Ireland. It is in County Waterford in the south east of Ireland and is part of the province of Munster. The metropolis is situated at the pinnacle of Waterford Harbour. It is the oldest and the 5th maximum populous town in the Republic of Ireland. It is the 8th maximum populous city at the island of Ireland. Waterford City and County Council is the neighborhood government authority for the city. According to the 2016 Census, fifty three,504 humans stay inside the city, with a much wider metropolitan populace of eighty two,963. Today, Waterford is understood for Waterford Crystal, a legacy of the metropolis's former glass making industry.

Glass, or crystal, changed into manufactured within the city from 1783 until early 2009, whilst the manufacturing unit there has been close down after the receivership of Waterford Wedgwood %. The Waterford Crystal visitor centre within the Viking Quarter, underneath new owners, opened in June 2010, after the intervention of Waterford City Council and Waterford Chamber of Commerce, and resumed production. Waterford is likewise regarded for being the start line of Ryanair's first flight; a 14–seat Embraer Bandeirante turboprop plane flying between Waterford and Gatwick Airport.