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Mural By Decoy On The Trade Coffee Facade

Mural By Decoy On The Trade Coffee Facade At Coffee House Lane

Explore Decoy’s striking botanical mural on The Quay in Waterford, created for the Waterford Walls International Street Art Festival. Located on the façade of Trade Coffee at the corner of historic Coffee House Lane—the birthplace of Ireland's first recorded coffee house in 1690—this large-scale artwork bridges contemporary Irish urban art with centuries of maritime trade and coffee heritage.

William Murphy - The Urban Cartographer on Wednesday, 26th August

Actual Physical Walls Of Waterford

The Actual Physical Walls Of Waterford And Associated Murals By John Verling

Explore the history, extant towers, and lost fortifications of Waterford's medieval city walls. Discover the 1994 civic murals by John Verling, ongoing lime-mortar conservation methods, and current property-rights management surrounding Ireland's oldest urban defences.

William Murphy - The Urban Cartographer on Tuesday, 25th August

Replaced By This Mural By Aurora Campbell

David Maker Mural Was Replaced By This Mural By Aurora Campbell

Documenting the transition of public art in Waterford's Viking Triangle near the Irish Museum of Time, where Australian muralist Aurora Campbell reimagined a site previously painted by Spanish artist David Maker during Waterford Walls. Captured with the Leica Q3.

William Murphy - The Urban Cartographer on Monday, 24th August

Highly Recommended Medieval Museum In Waterford

My One And Only Time To Visit The Highly Recommended Medieval Museum In Waterford

Explore Waterford's award-winning Medieval Museum, Ireland’s only purpose-built medieval museum. Discover the 13th-century Choristers' Hall, 15th-century wine vault, the 1373 Great Charter Roll, and Northern Europe's only surviving 15th-century cloth-of-gold vestments.

William Murphy - The Urban Cartographer on Monday, 24th August

David Maker And The Museum Of Time

Tempus Fugit And The Fleeting Wall - David Maker And The Museum Of Time And Shakespeare

A photographic reflection on time, maritime history, and transience in Waterford, linking Liam Lavery and Eithne Ring's Tempus Fugit sculpture at the Irish Museum of Time with David Maker's SS Formby mural and the Formby–Coningbeg tragedy.

William Murphy - The Urban Cartographer on Monday, 24th August