'I Love Me County': Waterford Sporting Stories

Waterford has seen a bareknuckle boxing contender murdered in New York, a jockey who wore the silks of not one but three Kings of England, and has pioneered one of the first Ladies' Soccer competitions in the Republic of Ireland.

As a seaport established by Vikings to becoming a shipbuilding and commercial hub up until the early twentieth century, Waterford city has seen Brazilian footballers, English rowers and Polish cyclists compete at its pitches, rivers, and tracks. Even sports that wo...