The City
Waterford is centred on a wedge of Georgiana, between the eighteenth-century shops and houses of O'Connell and George streets , which run behind the modern quays, and the faded splendour of Parnell Street and The Mall with their fine doorways and fanlights. The city's prime attraction is Waterford Treasures , which stands on Merchants Quay, housing an extraordinary collection of Viking and medieval artefacts. Head east along the quays from here for about half a mile and you'll pass a clock tower and a turning into Barronstrand Street, which runs through the city's main shopping area and through a number of changes of name to John Street, with its great concentration of fast-food joints and bars. Continue along the quays from the clock tower and after about half a mile you will reach Reginald's Tower , the most impressive remaining medieval building in Waterford. The area of tangled laneways between here and The Mall contains some of the city's finest juxtapositions of medieval and eighteenth century architecture, including Christ Church Cathedral , which dates from 1770. The splendours of that era are remembered too at Waterford Crystal , the world-famous glass factory about one and a half miles from the city centre, a trip to which is vigorously promoted throughout the region.
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