Waterford

::This article is about the city in Ireland. For other uses of the name, see Waterford, disambiguation.

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Waterford (Irish: Port Lairge) is, historically, the capital of County Waterford in Ireland, though today the city is administered separately from the county, the latter having its seat in Dungarvan.

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Waterford was Ireland's first city, founded by the vikings in 914 AD. Today Waterford is the fifth largest city in the Republic of Ireland.

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In April 2003 an important site combining a 5th century Iron Age and 9th century Viking settlement was discovered at Woodstown near the city.

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Irish: Irish may refer to:...

County Waterford: County Waterford (Contae Phort L?irge in Irish) is a county in the province of Munster on the south coast of Ireland. Administratively, the City of Waterford is a county-level authority. Dungarvan is the administrative centre for the rest of the county....

Ireland: :This page is about the island of Ireland. For the political territories on the island, see Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and the History section below....

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