County Waterford is commonly known as "The Déise," pronounced "day-shih" or in Irish "Na Déise." Located in the province of Munster, Waterford is part of the southeast region. There is an Irish-speaking area in the southwest of the county. The county is known for its beautiful beaches along the volcanic coastline and the Copper Coast, a designated UNESCO Geopark. Many megalithic tombs and ogham stones are also in this county. The Viking influence can still be seen with Reginald's Tower, one of the first buildings to use a brick and mortar in Ireland.","Dutch navigator Willem Jansz aboard the Duyfken was the first European to land in waht is now known as Australia in 1606. He charted much of the Gulf of Carpentaria, located on the northern coast of Australia. In 1616, another Dutch captain, Dirk Hartog, landed on the west coast of Australia near Shark Bay.","England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It occupies more than half of the land of the area. It shares its borders with Wales to the West and Scotland the to its north. Laced by great rivers and small streams, England is a fertile land which has supported a thriving agricultural economy for millenia.",null],"lnksHoverSummaryImgURL":[null,"/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/books2.webp","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/books.webp?pos=floatRight","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Buckinghamshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/pipe_roll_1194.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Nottinghamshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Staffordshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/first_fleet_ship.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Lincolnshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Derbyshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/island_of_ireland_waterford.webp?pos=floatRight","","",null],"mode":"","s":"Trickett","sU":"TRICKETT","oC":"EN","o":"English","o2":"Scottish","cOk":true,"c":"/dpreview/TRICKETT/EN/Trickett/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","c2":"/dpreview/ANDERSON/SC/Anderson/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","v":"1","sections":["","SettlersUS","SettlersCA","SettlersAU","SettlersNZ","SettlersZA","SettlersWI","Settlers","ContemporaryNotable","ContemporaryNotables","HistoricEvents","RelatedStories","Motto","SuggestedReading","Citations",""]}
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