Ferrybank, Waterford

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Ferrybank
Irish: Port an Chalaidh
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Ferrybank
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°15′55″N7°06′15″W / 52.265278°N 7.104167°W / 52.265278; -7.104167
Country Ireland
Province Munster
County County Waterford, County Kilkenny
Time zone UTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish grid reference S614131

Ferrybank (Irish : Port an Chalaidh) [1] is a suburb of Waterford City in Ireland. Much of Ferrybank, or "the village" as it is referred to locally, is under the political jurisdiction of Waterford City and County Council and thus an area of administration for Waterford City, on the northern bank of the River Suir, extending into County Waterford. However, some parts of Ferrybank extend into County Kilkenny and are administered by Kilkenny County Council. There has been a long-lasting boundary dispute between both jurisdictions, [2] [3] with debates and proposals ongoing for many decades. [4] [5]

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Sport

Ferrybank hurling club won the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship in 1915, 1916 and 1919. Locky Byrne is an inter-county hurler who was from the area, and played for both the Waterford and Kilkenny teams in the 1930s and 1940s.

Athletic events have been held in Ferrybank since 1869. [6] Members of Ferrybank Athletic Club (Ferrybank AC) to have represented Ireland include Brendan Quinn at the 1988 Olympics and Kelly Proper at the 2010 European Championships.[ citation needed ]

Ferrybank AFC, the local association football club, was founded in 1948.[ citation needed ] Notable players at the club have included John O'Shea, of Manchester United and the Republic of Ireland national team, who played underage football with the club. [7] Romeo Akachukwu, who later joined Southampton F.C., also played with Ferrybank AFC. [8]

Ghost shopping centres

The Ross Abbey Town Centre Shopping Complex was built in 2008 at a cost of €7 million and was sold in 2013 for €225k. It remained empty for several years after it was constructed. [9] In 2017 (nearly 10 years after the complex was completed) the discount retailer "Mr Price" opened a unit within the development. [10] [11] Other businesses subsequently opened there, including a barbers, café, beautician, gym and a Tesco Express outlet.[ citation needed ]

The Ferrybank Shopping Centre on the south Kilkenny/Waterford border was completed in 2008 at a cost of €100m. [12] It never opened, due to the failure of Dunnes Stores to take up its planned anchor tenancy, [13] and (as of late 2023) remained closed. [14] [15] While containing no retail outlets, part of the development has housed a local library and county council office. [16]

People

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References

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  2. ↑ "Pitch split sums up Ferrybank confusion". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. 8 August 2004. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Waterford and Kilkenny in boundary row". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 27 October 1999. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Waterford Local Government Review". waterfordboundaryreview.ie. Waterford Boundary Review Committee. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "Map of Waterford City showing Neighbourhoods". Waterford City Council. Archived from the original on 29 July 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  6. ↑ "History of Athletics in Ferrybank". News and Star. Archived from the original on 6 March 2010.
  7. 1 2 Fanning, Dion (1 September 2002). "Family values underpin the shaping of O'Shea's rise". Irish Independent . Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "Club & Country | Ireland MU19 & Waterford's Romeo Akachukwu". fai.ie. 21 August 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024. Before moving to Premier League side Southampton, Romeo Akachukwu talks about starting out at local team Ferrybank AFC
  9. ↑ "Waterford ghost shopping center originally worth $26.5 million now for sale for $365,500". News. Irish Central. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "Ross Abbey in Ferrybank to finally open". munster-express.ie. Munster Express. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  11. ↑ "Mr Price, Ross Abbey Town Centre, Ferrybank". mrprice.ie. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  12. ↑ "Exorcising the spirits that still haunt malls". London. The Sunday Times. 12 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  13. ↑ "Never back down: How Dunnes battles and confounds its landlords". thejournal.ie. The Journal Media. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  14. ↑ "Official opening date sought for Ferrybank Shopping Centre". waterfordlive.ie. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  15. ↑ "Still no opening date for Ferrybank Shopping Centre on Kilkenny / Waterford border". kclr96fm. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  16. ↑ "Legal dispute that's kept the Ferrybank Shopping Centre empty could be resolved next month". kclr96fm.com. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2022. It has been sitting idle since 2009 with no shops – the only life in it is the local Library and the county council office
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