34-664: Waterford Harbour Sailing Club is situated in Dunmore East in the west side of Waterford Harbour . It is the largest sailing club in South East Ireland and has a membership of 400. The club was founded in 1934 at Dunmore East and occupies a location beside the slip in the Harbour. The present clubhouse was built in 1969 and was extended in 1974. The club is affiliated to the Irish Sailing Association . The club has been
68-701: A Commissioner for the Scottish Boundaries Commission. In 1811 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh for his contributions to marine geology. His proposers were George Steuart Mackenzie , Alexander Christison , and Thomas Allan . From 1811, he worked in Ireland as an engineer, with his first major task being for the Commission for the Reclamation of Irish Bogs. This was apparently on
102-618: A Royal National Lifeboat Institution ( RNLI ) Lifeboat was based at Dunmore East. Tourism in Dunmore East is supported by boating and sailing facilities, holiday homes, traditional pubs, a golf course and several hotels. The village is home to the Waterford Harbour Sailing Club with dinghy and keelboat sailing and the Dunmore East Adventure Centre. The local golf course is located on the cliff top overlooking
136-486: A fisherman and died at a relatively young age. She donated the land for the building and established a deed of trust to build and maintain the Hall. On her specific instructions, no alcohol could be sold or consumed in the Hall. In addition, a fire was to be kept lit to warm and dry any of the fishermen who arrived to read the newspapers which were replenished daily in the reading room which is the present-day Library. Dunmore East
170-450: A number of student surveyors and engineers who were regularly sent to the west for the purposes of mapping sites of potential works or road routes. In August 1826, Thomas Martin of Ballinahinch , County Galway granted a 'three-lives lease', or 99-year lease (whichever should last longest), to Nimmo, for property in the village of Roundstone in Galway consisting of "the farm and lands of
204-400: A point known for centuries as Black Nobb, where the old pilot station now stands, and underneath which a cave runs. Henceforth the place was referred to as Dún Mór , meaning the "Great Fort". In 1640, Lord Power of Curraghmore, who owned a large amount of property in the area, built a castle on the cliff overlooking the strand about two hundred metres from St. Andrew's Church. The castle
238-476: A subscription of 10/- for Boat Owners and other members 5/- This was seconded by Mr Kelly and passed unanimously. A vote of thanks was proposed to the Mayor. In the early days R. Wall Morris is credited with being the first Commodore In 2007, the club decided to buy a 1500 sq. ft. property adjacent to main building as a dinghy store and boathouse and to provide extra clubrooms. This premises also had parking frontage at
272-631: Is about 7 km (4 mi) in total length. This includes what may be Ireland's longest sea cave at Rathmoylan. This path starts from the car park at the Shanoon. Dunmore East is twinned with the village of Clohars-Carnoët in France. There is a good road connection to Waterford City . Bus Éireann route 354 links the village to Waterford replacing the longstanding Suirway service which ceased at Halloween, 2022. Alexander Nimmo Alexander Nimmo FRSE MRIA MICE HFGS (1783 – January 20, 1832)
306-505: Is home to many sporting clubs from sailing to Gaelic Football . Gaultier GAA which focuses primarily on Gaelic Football is located just outside the village, across the road from Dunmore FC soccer club. Gaultier GAA was founded in 1927 and compete in the Waterford Senior Football Championship as well as catering for over 100 juvenile members. Dunmore FC was founded in the 1970s initially before being re-established in
340-472: Is now a favourite port of call for large cruise liners visiting the south-east of Ireland. The Haven Hotel, formerly the Villa Marina, was a home built by David Malcomson of Portlaw. David married Nanette King of Waterford and he brought his new bride to live in their family home at Dunmore East. The Fisherman's Hall in the village was also built by Nanette Malcomson in memory of her son Joseph who had been
374-541: The half cartron of Letterdife commonly called The White House, together with the shores and weeds thereunto belonging and also one acre now in his (Nimmo's) actual possession bounded on the east by Roundstone Bay..." . The lease was witnessed by Nimmo, who was noted as living in the town of Galway at the time (perhaps temporarily) and his profession as 'architect'. The lease was valued at the yearly rent of eighteen pounds, nine shillings and two pence, three farthings ( £18.9.2d ), and also specified that Nimmo could make use of
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#1733085128204408-574: The 1820s were Belmullet and his own settlement at Roundstone. In 1828, Nimmo visited the Wirral Peninsula alongside Thomas Telford and Robert Stevenson for the purposes of studying the problems of the rivers Dee and Mersey , for which the three men later submitted a report. In 1830, he was commissioned by the Knight of Kerry to design a new village on Valentia Island in County Kerry, which
442-463: The area. Nimmo erected 'a lodge' at Leenaun to accommodate his workforce in that area, and in 1831, the property was given over to a tenant who converted it into 'a billeting place for travellers passing to the western coast'. In Leenaun he also built a store, office, carpentry and smithy workshops, all of which he rented to the government for three years, from June 1828 to June 1831, at the rent of £30 per annum. Nimmo had proposed numerous sites in
476-558: The bay. Sea angling and Diving is catered for by Dunmore East Angling Charters. Dunmore East has several seafood restaurants, and there are a number of hotels in Dunmore: The Strand Inn and The Haven Hotel, a historic former Malcomson home and the Ocean Hotel. There are also caravan sites catering for motorhomes and touring caravans. Among the events held in Dunmore East is the annual bluegrass festival which takes place at
510-559: The early to mid-2000s. The Waterford Harbour Sailing Club was founded in 1934. The harbour is one of the five designated National Fishery Harbours, and has the second highest figure for fish landings after Killybegs . In the summer months it is popular with visiting yachts which have a designated pontoon. A plan was developed in 2005 by Waterford County Council to expand the harbour to accommodate more recreational marine activities. However that plan appears to have been shelved due to lack of funding. The first official woman crew member in
544-442: The end of August. During this festival the village hosts a number of bluegrass groups over the weekend during which almost every bar becomes a music venue from 3 pm until late in the evening. Tourist walking routes have been recently opened at Dunmore East. Trails in the woods, which surround the village, consist of a series of marked paths of varying lengths. There is also a popular cliff path to Portally and on to Ballymacaw which
578-470: The erection of a pier was Dunmore East. In 1814, dramatic changes took place when Alexander Nimmo , the Scottish engineer (builder of Limerick 's Sarsfield Bridge ) commenced work on the new harbour at Dunmore. The work consisted mainly of a massive pier or quay with an elegant lighthouse at the end. Nimmo's original estimate had been £20,000 but at the time of his death in 1832 about £93,000 had been spent and
612-404: The final cost was £108,000. By then (1837) the harbour had started to silt up, and the arrival of steam meant that the winding river could be negotiated easily, so the packet station was transferred to Waterford. The great sheltered harbour then constructed meant that Dunmore East was to gradually become an important fishing port. It also then developed into a very popular tourist resort and it
646-449: The form of a " fluted Doric column , with the lantern on top of the capital". The passenger and mail service operated between Milford and Dunmore for only ten years, before Waterford Port became the Irish terminal; obviating the 10-mile road journey from Dunmore East. In 1815, he improved the navigation on the river at Cork and improved the adjacent harbour at Cobh . Beginning in 1820, he
680-467: The harbour and was seen as a potentially valuable asset in the event of the planned harbour development. This development subsequently took place and is in use all through the year by youth and adult members, as well as having meeting rooms for use by race officers and course instructors. Currently? the most popular classes used by the club include: Optomist , Topper, Laser, 420 , Flying Fifteen , Cruisers. Prior to 2013, facilities for visiting yachts in
714-585: The harbour were not good but a new pontoon was placed in the Harbour by the Dept of the Marine for the use of visiting leisure craft. This is available for the months of June, July and August and the harbourmaster must be contacted to arrange overnight payment. Dunmore East Dunmore East ( Irish : Dún Mór , meaning 'big fort') is a popular tourist and fishing village in County Waterford , Ireland. Situated on
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#1733085128204748-522: The headquarters of the Western District works until 1832. Nimmo also personally lived at the address, and declared before a House of Lords enquiry in 1824 that he had but one property, "a house in Dublin, leasehold of nine hundred years". Nimmo kept a permanent staff in Dublin, and also the west of Ireland. Amongst the staff employed in Dublin were an accountant and other administrative staff, along with
782-471: The pasture on the mountain of Errisbeg in common with other tenants of Martin's. At some point, Nimmo came into possession of almost 240 acres of land at Roundstone Bay (probably separate to the 1826 deed listed above), on which land he developed a fishing village. Nimmo later told Dublin Castle that these buildings were erected entirely at his own expense; some of the buildings being intended for his own use or
816-582: The recommendation of Thomas Telford . In 1814, when Dunmore East was still a small County Waterford fishing hamlet, it was chosen by the British Post Office to be the Irish terminal for a new Mail Packet route from Milford Haven in Wales. The Post Office procured Nimmo's services to design and build a harbour and lighthouse to accommodate the new Mail Packet Service. In building the harbour, Nimmo made use of local red sandstone, and his lighthouse took
850-494: The rest of their lives. In September 1823, George Nimmo, living in Dublin, took out a 900-year lease on a property on the west side of Marlborough Street from the Reverend Mathias Kelly at the yearly rent of £91. The house number of the property was not specified in the deed, but we know it to have been number 78. A month later, he assigned the lease of this house on to his brother Alexander. This building would serve as
884-421: The use of his staff or workforce, and others rented out to the government. The project was intended as a commercial venture for the purposes of making a profit, and it does not appear that it was Nimmo's wish to live permanently in the village. However, both John and George Nimmo appear in deeds concerning Roundstone in the years following Alexander's death, indicating a lasting family or business connection with
918-944: The venue for the Enterprise World Championships 1975 and the World Board Sailing Championships in 1988. In 2014 the club hosted the Topper National Championship and the Laser Leinster Championship. The club was founded in 1934 by a group of seven interested sailor/boat builders. Those present were: E. A. Gibbon in the Chair, P.A. Anderson, W. Anderson and R.T. Kelly. The first committee subsequently elected were: Major Lloyd, R.T. Kelly, P.A. Anderson, Sir Ernest Goff, Mr. Colfer, E.A. Gibbon. Proposed by R.T. Kelly, seconded by Sir Ernest Goff and passed unanimously. Sir Ernest Goff Proposed
952-440: The west of Ireland on which viable villages could be established, concentrating the inhabitants of the rural areas into a centre where trade and industry could flourish somewhat and alleviate their poverty. Towns, he argued, helped to elevate people away from their dependency on agriculture and the land: He had hoped that new villages would develop at Derryinver, Cleggan and Spiddal , but the only new villages that advanced during
986-433: The west side of Waterford Harbour on Ireland's southeastern coast, it lies within the barony of Gaultier ( An Gháilltír – "land of the foreigner" in Irish ); a reference to the influx of Viking and Norman settlers in the area. Iron Age people established a promontory fort overlooking the sea at Shanoon (referred to in 1832 as meaning the 'Old Camp' but more likely Canon Power's Sean Uaimh , "Old Cave") at
1020-626: The year 1745. The fishermen's homes were situated in the Lower Village near the Strand Inn and boats were launched from the slip at Lawlor's Beach before the harbour was built. There is mention of a fleet of fifty fishing boats working from Dunmore East in 1776. In 1812, a decision was made at Westminster to create an entirely new landing point for passengers and the Royal Mail coming to Ireland from London and southern England. The location selected for
1054-575: Was a Scottish civil engineer and geologist active in early 19th-century Ireland . Nimmo was born in Cupar , Fife in 1783, the son of a watchmaker, and grew up in Kirkcaldy . He may have been educated at Kirkcaldy Burgh School , then studied at the University of St Andrews and University of Edinburgh . His first role was as Rector of Inverness Royal Academy in 1802, aged only 19. Around 1805, he became
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1088-706: Was employed by the Irish Fisheries Board to make extensive surveys and recommendations for Irelands fishing harbours. Originally, Nimmo rented an office at 56 Marlborough Street, Dublin specifically for the purposes of carrying out his work for the Western District, but this building was found to be inadequate and the lease was terminated in June 1823. Nimmo never married, but had close ties with his brothers, John and George. At some point they arrived in Ireland to assist Alexander with his work, bringing their wives and children along with them, and would remain in Ireland for
1122-467: Was falling into ruin by the middle of the next century and now just one tower remains. The old church of Killea ( Cill Aodha meaning "Aodh's church") is thought to have been built in the twelfth century and one wall still stands, opposite the Roman Catholic church of The Holy Cross, at the top of Killea hill. In Smith's history of Waterford, the village was mentioned as being a fishing port about
1156-517: Was later named Knightstown . His maritime engineering designs combined classical motifs with utilitarian functionality. Among other projects, he is credited with designing the road from Galway to Clifden and the harbour of Roundstone in Connemara. In the 1830s he redesigned over 30 harbours on the western Irish coast. At Limerick, one of his major projects was the Wellesley Bridge (now known as
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