family-history
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Turkey Road
The New Waterford to Tramore Road was laid between 1832 and 1837, yet the section that now constitutes Turkey Road was not separately identified on the early 1840s Ordnance Survey map. This omission can be attributed to the absence of structures along its length, save for those situated at the intersections with Strand Street. Notably, Continue reading
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Mary Coghlan: A Resilient Tramore Business Woman
On 1 May 1790, an advertisement was placed in the local newspaper by Mary Coghlan nee Kenney, a determined entrepreneur, informing the public that she had taken out a lease on the Tramore Hotel, with plans for its grand opening on 1 June of that year. This is the first advertisement for an Irish seaside Continue reading
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The Turbulent History of Tramore in the 17th Century
Ireland in the seventeenth century has been aptly described as ‘a land of blood and ashes.’[1] It was the time when the last bastions of the old Gaelic order were finally swept away by rebellion and conquest. At the beginning of the century all the townlands in the area around Tramore were owned by branches Continue reading
Tramore of Yore 