The Viking Triangle in Waterford City, Ireland is a cultural treasure that tells a story of medieval time. Not to be amiss, there is also a storytelling version in the Irish Museum of Time. An exhibition of clocks and watches has an important historical narrative too.
In this neighbourhood, one can also visit the Medieval Museum, Bishop’s Palace, Silver Museum and Reginald’s Tower. If you are in the area and if you have time to spare, the best value to see all these attractions is to get a Freedom Pass on the Waterford Treasures website.
This unique place stands on Greyfriars Street and is housed inside a former Methodist Church. The gothic building is a property of Waterford City and City Council and has to be restored first in 2017. There are many clocks and watches to see on two levels and there’s even a clock workshop.
Majority of the collection came from a generous donation from David Boles, 78, a retired pharmacist, and Colman Curran, 65, a former lawyer. The two Dublin collectors amassed antique clocks, grandfather clocks, pocket watches, wristwatches and sundials, primarily from Ireland, Britain and other parts of the world.
There are many highlights that can be said about the collection, like the line of Irish Longcase-clocks which show the evolution from the 17th to 20th century. One particular Long-case clock dated back to 1720 and stood at 9.3 ft which is the tallest grandfather clock in the country. If you ask me, my favorite would have to be the 140 year old Swiss music box.
Each item in display is interesting and there are so much history and details if you look closer, even the museum toilet feels like a curiousity shop. There are helpful museum experts out and about ready to tell you more about the collection.
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