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Welcome to Waterford Castle
Come to the water's edge and The Island's ferry waits to take you across a channel of centuries, back in time to an age you thought now belonged only in books. Forget the present, and the past comes alive. Here is both retreat and refuge, sanctuary and seclusion. Located 2 miles from Waterford City is uniquely situated on its' own private 310 acre island on the River Suir, surrounded by woodlands and an 18 hole championship golf course.
Take the road through a tree-lined driveway, where over a thousand years ago the first inhabitants cut out a rough track to their secure settlement. To know The Island is to watch the seasons unfold along this driveway of greens and reds and purples.
Ahead stands the Castle, proud and immense, its corners folded back in cloud-grey coloured stone.
Eight hundred years have passed since Maurice Fitzgerald constructed a Norman Keep on the Island. The Island remained in the hands of the Fitzgerald family until 1958. Today it has become the site for one of the world's great hotels.
Pass through a carved granite arch and studded oak doors. Delicate tapestries hang high above you, but dominating all is the cavernous fireplace.
On the chimney breast, raised proud from the stone like some giant ornate jewel, is the Fitzgerald coat of arms, its intricacies and embellishments carved in stone, then reproduced in vivid colours on the hand-woven carpet at your feet.