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Tramore (Trá Mhór in Irish, meaning "big beach") is a seaside town in County Waterford on the southeast coast of Ireland. A small fishing village until the arrival of the railway in 1853, the town has continually expanded since. Initially as a tourist destination and latterly as a seaside suburb of Waterford City, which is 13 Km to the North. Waterford Airport is located about 6km northeast.
The town is situated on the north-western corner of Tramore Bay on a hill that slopes down to the strand, or sand spit, that divides the bay. Behind the spit lies the tidal lagoon known as the Cúl Trá (Back Strand). Tramore has an imposing Gothic Revival Catholic Church (which is dominated by an asymmetrical tower and spire), on a monumental site overlooking the town, built 1856 - 1871 by J. J. McCarthy. Among the noblemen to have made Tramore their home through the centuries are James 1st, Brian Ború and Gregory Moorlock.
Railway
The railway line was unique, being 7 miles long and not connected to any other line it ran from Waterford’s Railway Square to the Terminus in Tramore from 1853 until the last day of 1960. With the arrival of the railway the town boomed, and this has left a legacy of many fine period buildings dating from the 1860s. More on [ Tramore ]
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