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| THE QUAYS, WATERFORD. -The city of Waterford is noted for its fine quays, which are capable of accommodating an extensive commerce. Unfortunately, conditions in Ireland, since the loss of the native parliament in 1801, have not been conducive to increase of prosperity. Favorably situated on the broad and navigable river Salt, this olden town ought to be a rival of the leading English seaports, but it falls far, very far, behind them. Still, for an Irish port, it does considerable business, particularly in the coastal trade; and it exports to Great Britain large quantities of agricultural produce, and an immense number of cattle, sheep and hogs. Lines of steamers ply regularly between Waterford and Liverpool. Milford Haven ond other British ports. Although one of the first of the Irish cities to come under the Anglo-Norman sway, the ancient Gaelic language of Ireland is still to be heard on the quays depicted above, when the country people come in from the "mountainy" districts to sell their poultry, eggs and butter. This, too, after more than seven hundred years of English occupation of the city and surrounding country! Those interested in the revival of the Irish tongue believe that Waterford can be made a bi-lingual district as rapidly as the more Celtic sections of Ireland. |
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