County Waterford properties for sale privately by owner

County Area Description

County Waterford is often reffered to as the Crystal County. Waterford City is the capital of the county. A natural playground for Golf, Equestrian, Walking, Angling, Water Sports and Cycling, enthusiasts, Waterford offers the complete holiday experience. The county offers a dazzling coastline, beautiful river valleys and two dramatic ranges of very accessible mountains. Waterford City was established in Viking times and it has an exciting medieval flavour and riverside bustle. In 2005 the City was host to the Tall Ships Race. The City is the home of Waterford Crystal, a lifestyle product of exquisite craftsmanship. Dungarvan, the administrative capital for the county, is set in a broad, magnificent bay. In between are lively and quiet Seaside Resorts like Tramore, the spectacular Geopark on the Copper Coast, and lovely mountain & river valley towns and villages. Houses & Gardens, where grace and beauty can be admired at leisure, are part of a rich heritage which includes Pre-Historic & Historic Sites. The town of Lismore was originally a monastic settlement founded in the 7th Century by St. Carthage, a Heritage Town, it was the centre of ecclesiastical and temporal power for centuries. Sophisticated fashion stores and high quality craft centres complete a holiday picture that is sure to please. [Source: Waterfordtourism.org]