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Faithlegg House Hotel & Golf Resort, Co. Waterford
A Message to our Guests
Thank you sincerely for your continued support. We are delighted to have reopened our doors and looking forward to welcoming you all back to Faithlegg. Please be assured that we continue to work with our expert partners in the areas of hygiene, health and safety to ensure the welfare of our guests, colleagues and suppliers.
Faithlegg stands at the head of Waterford Harbour, where the three sister rivers of the Barrow, Nore and Suir meet. As a consequence, it has been to the fore in the history of not just Waterford but also Ireland. For it was via the harbour and these rivers that the early settlers entered and from the hill that we stand under, the Minaun, that the harbour was monitored. Here legend tells us sleeps the giant Cainche Corcardhearg son of Fionn of the Fianna who was stationed here to keep a watch over Leinster.
A Norman named Strongbow landed in the harbour in 1170 and this was followed by the arrival of Henry II in October 1171. Legend has it that Henry’s fleet numbered 600 ships and one of the merchants who donated to the flotilla was a Bristol merchant named Aylward. He was handsomely rewarded with the granting of 7000 acres of land centred in Faithlegg. The family lived originally in a Motte and Baily enclosure the remains of which is still to be seen. This was followed by Faithlegg Castle and the 13th century church in the grounds of the present Faithlegg church dates from their era too. The family ruled the area for 500 years until they were dispossessed in 1649 by the armies of Oliver Cromwell. The property was subsequently granted to a Cromwellian solider, Captain William Bolton
Address: Faithlegg, Co Waterford
Phone: +353 (0)51 382000
E-mail: reservations@faithlegg.com
Web: https://www.faithlegg.com/
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A Message to our Guests
Thank you sincerely for your continued support. We are delighted to have reopened our doors and looking forward to welcoming you all back to Faithlegg. Please be assured that we continue to work with our expert partners in the areas of hygiene, health and safety to ensure the welfare of our guests, colleagues and suppliers.
Faithlegg stands at the head of Waterford Harbour, where the three sister rivers of the Barrow, Nore and Suir meet. As a consequence, it has been to the fore in the history of not just Waterford but also Ireland. For it was via the harbour and these rivers that the early settlers entered and from the hill that we stand under, the Minaun, that the harbour was monitored. Here legend tells us sleeps the giant Cainche Corcardhearg son of Fionn of the Fianna who was stationed here to keep a watch over Leinster.
A Norman named Strongbow landed in the harbour in 1170 and this was followed by the arrival of Henry II in October 1171. Legend has it that Henry’s fleet numbered 600 ships and one of the merchants who donated to the flotilla was a Bristol merchant named Aylward. He was handsomely rewarded with the granting of 7000 acres of land centred in Faithlegg. The family lived originally in a Motte and Baily enclosure the remains of which is still to be seen. This was followed by Faithlegg Castle and the 13th century church in the grounds of the present Faithlegg church dates from their era too. The family ruled the area for 500 years until they were dispossessed in 1649 by the armies of Oliver Cromwell. The property was subsequently granted to a Cromwellian solider, Captain William Bolton
Address: Faithlegg, Co Waterford
Phone: +353 (0)51 382000
E-mail: reservations@faithlegg.com
Web: https://www.faithlegg.com/
Picture Added 09-07-2021 07:54 AM
Added by GoGolfing
