



We arrived at the Waterford Factory and our first stop was the shop where you could buy all kinds of stuff. They also had displays on the various Waterford trophys that had been given out at famous golf tournaments. This was only a short stop before our tour of the factory.
We broke up into small groups for the tour. It was a terrific tour as we were very up close and personal with the workers. We got to see the entire process from the glass being blown to the finishing work and cutting done on the crystal. We learned that for every crystal trophy made for tournaments (tennis, golf, racing, etc.), they make 3 of them. One is the winner's trophy, one is a replacement in case something happens, and one is to keep at the factory for their showroom/museum.


As you can see, the kids liked getting to touch the trophys that were made at Waterford. Once our tour was complete, we walked over to the store for a quick run through again, but I didn't buy anything. I couldn't be bothered with shipping something back or carrying crystal throughout the rest of the trip. We did learn all about the logo for Waterford crystal - the seahorse.
Our next stop was the town of Waterford where we would have lunch and a short amount of time for shopping. Because we wanted to spend time walking around the town, we had a quick lunch at McDonalds. We visited a bookstore and a music store (where I bought my brother an Irish whistle in the key of C). Larry and Greg were still looking for a hurling jersey. Time went by pretty quickly and soon we were off to New Ross to visit the Dunbrody. More on that later.
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