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Waterford

[waw-ter-ferd, wot-er-]

noun

  1. a county in Munster province, in the S Republic of Ireland. 710 sq. mi. (1,840 sq. km).

  2. its county seat: a seaport.

  3. a town in SE Connecticut.



Waterford

/ ˈwɔːtəfəd /

noun

  1. a county of S Republic of Ireland, in Munster province on the Atlantic: mountainous in the centre and in the northwest County town: Waterford. Pop: 101 546 (2002). Area: 1838 sq km (710 sq miles)

  2. a port in S Republic of Ireland, county town of Co Waterford: famous glass industry; fishing. Pop: 44 594 (2002)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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The book tells how successful she was at boosting sales as an ambassador for Waterford Wedgwood, then owned by Tony O'Reilly.

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June returns to the Waterford home where she records her monologue, a callback to what we hear in the very first episode.

She was taken to hospital in Waterford, but because the first Covid lockdown began shortly afterwards, she had to spend nearly six weeks there without family visitors.

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The search on Sunday will continue with the help of a helicopter from Waterford and a Dunmore lifeboat.

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I was walking with a loved one on the eastern edge of Curragh beach in Ardmore, County Waterford, a place of warm refuge since I was a child.

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