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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

Ireland's National Horological Museum

Ireland's National Horological Museum

Explore the Irish Museum of Time in Waterford's historic Viking Triangle. Housed in a restored 1880s Neo-Gothic church, Ireland's national horological museum features the world's finest collection of Irish timepieces, rare 17th-century innovations, and the global Black Forest cuckoo clock exhibition.

William Murphy - The Urban Cartographer on Saturday, 22nd August

The Fitzwilton Hotel In May 2016

I First Photographed The Fitzwilton Hotel In May 2016

Securing accommodation during the August festival run highlights significant structural pressures across the city's lodging sector

William Murphy - The Urban Cartographer on Saturday, 22nd August

Is This Public Art Or A Rusty Metal Yoke

Is This Public Art Or A Rusty Metal Yoke

Left entirely unvarnished, the heavy riveted plates, spherical hulls, and oversized shackle rings have oxidized into a rich, deep coat of rust. Sitting half-tilted on the grass against modern apartment blocks, they act as unpolished, heavy industrial artifacts—grounding contemporary urban developments with a quiet, weathered nod to Ireland’s working maritime heritage.

William Murphy - The Urban Cartographer on Saturday, 22nd August

Huge Canvas For Some Amazing Mural

The Fitzwilton Hotel As A Huge Canvas For Some Amazing Murals

An analysis of Shane Sutton’s iconic Spacer murals in Waterford, comparing the rapid 2018 Bridge Street execution with the refined, infrastructure-integrated masterpiece on Slievekeale Road.

William Murphy - The Urban Cartographer on Saturday, 22nd August