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Waterford is a city in County Waterford in the south-east of Ireland. It is located within the province of Munster. The city is situated at the head of Waterford Harbour. It is the oldest and the fifth most populous city in the Republic of Ireland. It is the ninth most populous settlement on the island of Ireland. As of the 2022 census, 60,079 people lived in the city and its suburbs.
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Slieve League attracted 177,333 visitors in 2016, down from 185,760 the previous year
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Over the course of 2017 we estimate that some 600,000 people visited our cemeteries...
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Malahide Castle and Gardens welcomed 117,109 visitors last year
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over 222,000 people travelled on the ferries from Rosaveal to Aran in 2007
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[Tralee's Aqua Dome] is also among the top 20 tourist attractions nationally [..] However, numbers have fallen from a peak of 260,000 per year to 140,000 last year
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Croagh Patrick has over 100,000 visitors annually with up to 20,000 making the pilgrimage on Reek Sunday weekend each year
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