Discover Waterford
Ireland's oldest city, founded by Vikings in 914 AD
What's On
Upcoming events and things happening in Waterford
Apple Market Live Sessions 2026
RecurringFree Saturday-night live music, June to August.
Spraoi International Street Arts Festival
RecurringInternational street-arts festival on the August Bank Holiday weekend.
Waterford Walls
RecurringInternational street-art festival; ten days of live mural painting.
Imagine Arts Festival
RecurringSix-day arts festival in late October.
Waterford Right Now
Waterford sits inland on the Suir estuary, sheltered from the Atlantic by the Comeragh mountains, so it is typically a degree or two milder than the Dublin coast and noticeably less windy. Pack a light rain jacket year-round.
🚆 InterCity from Waterford Plunkett
Iarnród Éireann InterCity departures
InterCity service from Waterford Plunkett. Updates every minute.
Where To Eat
From fine dining seafood to fish and chips by the harbour
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Everett's
Everett's
Michelin Bib Gourmand modern Irish in a 15th-century townhouse.
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Momo Restaurant
Momo Restaurant
Local-produce-led Irish cooking on Patrick Street.
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Bodéga!
Bodéga!
Award-winning Mediterranean casual on John Street.
Eleven Hundred Years on the Suir
Vikings founded a longphort here in 914 AD, making Waterford the oldest city in Ireland by a clear margin. The Normans took it in 1170, the Cromwellians sacked it in 1649, the Georgians rebuilt the quayside in the 1700s. Three of those eras have museums of their own inside the Viking Triangle, all within a five-minute walk of each other.
The crystal industry that gave the city its modern name began in 1783, paused in 2009 when manufacturing moved overseas, and now lives on at the House of Waterford Crystal heritage workshop on the Mall.