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.","Scotland or Gaelic: Alba or Alban is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. As the northernmost country of the UK, its land mass covers more than a third of the island of Great Britain","Leinster is in the southeast of Ireland, and is the most populous of the four provinces, with approximately 1,500,000 people. This province contains the counties of Carlow, Dublin, Kilkenny, Laois (formerly Leix), Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford, and Wicklow. These divisions have remained","Munster is the southernmost of the four Irish provinces.
As of 2006, it has a population of 1,172,170 people, and contains the counties of Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, and Waterford. These","Ireland was first settled around 6000 BC by a race of Middle Stone Age hunter-gatherers who lived there. They tended to hunt such creatures as the megaceros, a giant variety of deer so large that their antlers spanned ten feet.","Founded in 1788, New South Wales (NSW) was the first penal colony for England. British explorer, Captain James Cook, first discovered the east coast of Australia while attempting to examine the planet Venus in order to determine the distance from the Earth to the Sun in 1770, he first named it New Wales, then later New South Wales.","Grattan and the Irish Volunteer army obtained an independent parliament in 1782. Continued Irish unrest and Wolfe Tone's rebellion in 1798 led to the Act of Union in 1800 and Irish representation in British Parliament. Daniel O'Connell's agitation resulted in the granting of Catholic Emancipation in 1829. The Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s decimated the population and caused mass emigration. ","The First Fleet departed from Portsmouth, on the south coast of England, on May 13, 1787 and sailed for around 250 days. The fleet was comprised of eleven ships - six prison ships, three equipment ships, and two navy ships, Sirius and Supply. After an extremely long journey, the First Fleet finally arrived at Botany Bay, located in Sydney, New South Wales, between January 18 and 20, 1788.","Lancashire (Lancs) didn’t exist in 1086 for the Domesday Book but was first created in 1182, a historic, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county. Originally two separate parts which included Manchester and Liverpool along the northwestern edge of England.","County Limerick (Limerick, Contae Luimnigh)
County Limerick is in the province of Munster and located in the Mid-West. The county's name in Irish is Luimneach, "the flat area," which is relatively accurate as the land consists mainly of a fertile limestone plain. Volcanic rock is found in numerous areas in the county, including Carrigogunnell, Knockfierna, and Pallasgreen/Kilteely in the east. It is believed humans established in County Limerick in the Lough Gur possible as early as 3000 BC. The county has a long history, and many artifacts can be found, enticing lots of tourists to the area as well as artists.","County Wexford (Wexford, Contae Loch GarmanI)
Based on the historic Gaelic territory of Hy Kinsella (Uí Ceinnsealaigh), whose capital was Ferns, County Wexford, is located in the province of Leinster and the Southern Region. Plenty of evidence of early habitation can be seen with the Portal tombs (sometimes called dolmens) at Ballybrittas (on Bree Hill) and Newbawn, dating back to the Neolithic period. In 1169, Wexford was the site of invasion by Normans; the subsequent colonization was followed by the Cambro-Normans.","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.","Wales, or Cymru a region of rugged mountains, Moors and forests, is noted for its large coal deposits. Its people are known for their strong Celtic heritage and renowned choral groups. This region was originally populated by an Iberian people, who were overrun by the Celts in the 6th century BC.","County Dublin (Dublin, Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath)
Part of the province of Leinster, bordered by Meath, Kildare, Wicklow, and the Irish Sea, is County Dublin. Ireland’s most populous county is divided into the local government areas of Dublin City, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal, and South Dublin; the latter three were created in 1994. Discoveries of inhabitants dating back to the late Mesolithic period make this county the oldest in Ireland. With a rich history from the Vikings through to expansion in the 1960’s it is clear to see why there is a strong influence on tourism, but don’t underestimate the new draws such as the Guinness Storehouse.","This historic county of Yorkshire (County of York) is located in Northern England and is the largest in the whole England and the United Kingdom. Full of large stretches of countryside including well known Yorkshire Dales, North York Moors and the Peak District it is now surprise it was nicknamed “God’s own Country”.",null],"lnksHoverSummaryImgURL":[null,"/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/books.webp?pos=floatRight","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/island_of_ireland_waterford.webp?pos=floatRight","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/scotland-med2.webp","","","","","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/first_fleet_ship.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Lancashire England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/county_limerick.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/ireland_wexford.webp?pos=floatRight","","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/dounty_dublin.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Yorkshire England.webp?pos=floatRight",null],"mode":"f","s":"Whelan","sU":"PHELAN","oC":"IR","o":"Irish","o2":null,"cOk":true,"c":"/dpreview/PHELAN/IR/Whelan/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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