Irish Fireside » waterford crystal http://irishfireside.com Ireland Travel and Heritage Wed, 23 May 2012 01:39:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Ireland Holiday Planner & the NEW Waterford Crystal Factory http://irishfireside.com/2010/01/27/ireland-holiday-planner-the-new-waterford-crystal-factory/ http://irishfireside.com/2010/01/27/ireland-holiday-planner-the-new-waterford-crystal-factory/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:46:10 +0000 Corey http://irishfireside.com/?p=5117 ]]> Earlier this month, Tourism Ireland mailed a special Vacation Planner to targeted US audiences. They’ve got a digital versions available as well. You can download it and have a look for yourself:

In other news, Waterford Crystal is getting new life since it closed its doors a year ago. Plans are underway for a brand new, much smaller, crystal factory to open in Waterford city this June. Crystal will again be produced in the city that made Irish crystal famous! With a significantly smaller-scale production and crystal actually produced in Ireland (for years much of Waterford’s crystal was made in other countries), the product will again be a true luxury brand.

Thanks to Engaging Ireland for sending us the link to this article www.insideireland.ie/index.cfm/section/news/ext/waterford001/category/1084.

A rendering of the new Waterford Crystal facility.

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