Waterford Crystal Factory - Van Life Ireland
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ต.ค. 2020
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We are Carol & Ken and we are driving our NV200 camper around Ireland. In this episode we visit Tankardstown copper mine, Kilmurrin beach, Annestown beach, Waterford Crystal factory, Dunbrody castle and Abbey.
Please note the beach at the end is mislabelled but it was too late to change when I noticed 🧐
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Especially loved the Waterford Crystal tour ❤❤
Wonderful informative and calming vloggs to watch . Xx
I love this series of videos, gently narrated, beautifuly filmed. Pure escapism. Thank you
Thank you 👍
I enjoy seeing your everyday rituals: meals, tea, chores, hunkering down. I esp love to hear what you watched on TH-cam each night. That's what happens when you're charming all on your own👍.
Cheers 😁👍
Totally brilliant I just loved he tour around the glass factory thank you for sharing your video 🚐❤️
Great fun. Well made. Ta.
Thanks Patrick 🙂
Really enjoying your videos. Please come back to Ireland and do more touring. Safe travels.
Glad you are enjoying the videos Catherine. We will definitely have to go back to Ireland as there is so much more to see that we had to miss out on this time 😀
That coast road was my daily commute to work. On a sunny morning would stop to see the Sun rise. Not many people know about that coastal drive. That wall that looked like a chimney is in fact a lime kiln where locals would lite a fire to break up the lime stone into dust. This was then spread on the land to raise the pH level for crops and grass
hugh mc grath you were lucky to have that commute to work, it must have set you up for the day. Thanks for the info on the lime kiln, we didn’t realise it was used for the crops and grass 👍😀
Nice visit to the Waterford factory. I didn’t know it was in Ireland. You both are living a dream life touring in your camper van. Take care...
Cheers Lee. We are fortunate to be able to do this 👍
Once again a another great video thank you both
Thank you Tim. Glad you enjoyed it 😀
I love tour vidéos. The drone parts are so interesting. Since i am of Norwegia ancestry anything you way about the Vikings my ears perk up.
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
There’s a lovely town called Dungarvan 30mins from waterford and I definitely suggest visiting the town and surrounding scenic coastal areas! If you want any recommendations don’t hesitate to ask me
Just realised you did go through Dungarvan!
Thanks Wassupp. Yes we did drive the scenic route from Dungarvan to Tramore 😀
Again another great video, the tour of the glassworks was worthy of any tv documentary, your editing skills are improving all the time,
Keeo them coming, really enjoying them.
Thank you Alan. Glad you are continuing to enjoy the videos 😀👍
Beautiful drone shots and gorgeous music with the Waterford Crystal piece
Thank you Sandra 😀
fantastic views of the countryside, i luv going in to the crystal 🔮 factory 🏭
the workmanship was amazing.
I luv always the history lessons , I learn something all the time.
I luv sandy beaches, the stone beaches i donr like ,
but as I said before the views are fantastic.
enjoy the rest of your day and stay safe.
Thank you Moira. Glad you enjoyed the video 😀
So enjoying your trip in Ireland , the best photography & history of all the vlogs I have watched & I thank you both .
Thank you Wendy, that’s a huge compliment 👍😀
I visited the Waterford Factory many, many moons ago. I had a camera bag with 35mm camera and a small hand held video camera and a bulky coat. I turned very s-l-o-w-l-y while visiting.
MrJrunr haha we know what you mean. We noticed Carol’s rucksack looked a bit dangerous in the shop when we reviewed the footage!
Really enjoyed your walk around the crystal factory, thanks for that. Thank to your wife and yourself as well as Dan and Mazzie, I have enjoyed your adventures around Ireland as I know I will never get to see it again. Use to tour with ex on his delivery service and once lived in Dublin for six months. 👍🏴🏴🏴👍
Glad you enjoyed our trip around Ireland Linda, such a beautiful country 😀
I am loving the video’s especially the tour of Waterford. Thank you
Thanks Jim. Glad you are enjoying the videos 😀
Great shots of Dunbrody Abbey. Well done!
Thanks Martin.
Hi there just to let you know the "bridge" you saw in annestown is actually a lime kiln used on the land
Thanks for that Noah, good to know 👍🙂
Annestown is the only village in Ireland that does not have a pub. My mother came from Stradbally near Bunmahon Co.Waterford. Lovely blog, thank you.
No wonder it was so quiet 😏👍. Cheers Gwen.
Brilliant. Thanks for inviting us all along on your tour. Just what we need in these times.
Thanks Danny, glad you enjoyed it 😀
I love this town. Worked in restaurant in the summer while getting away from Dublin City University. The factory is so organise now. Great memories. On the way Dublin, don't forget to go to Kildare.
Beautiful Dream sadly we are back home now and Kildare was in lockdown when we were over there. Hopefully we will get to visit when we return in the future 😀
@@LifeistooshortCK hehehe.... Oh... No, lockdown again. Always a next time. Stay safe, healthy and always happy.
Oh, thanks so much for sharing the Waterford crystal tour. Now I know where my mums collection came from, bought a few before moving back from England to Malaysia!!
You made me laugh, I realised in the end that no one stole your money- it was Carol shopping 😂
Glad you got to see where your mums crystal came from. Carol takes all of my money please send help 😁👍
Life is too short
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Great video vlog! Thanks for passing by our county Waterford! 👍
Thank you Mister and Missis- K. We wish we could have spent more time in Waterford, such a lovely county 😀
Loving the look around and great drone work ken
I’ve had some catching up to do with this Ireland series and what a pleasure it’s been (started a new job and quite full on). Amazing video and so long it felt like I was watching a TV programme which was lovely 😀
Glad you enjoyed it. Hope the new job is going well 😀
So enjoyed your film on Ireland and especially the Waterford Crystal Tour 👍 thanks for taking us along ❣️
Cheers Jackie 😁👍
Thanks for another great video.
Hello Adventurers! Ken, this drone-work really got me - Kilmurrin beach - took me there literally, could feel the wind, smell the sea and the earth! Always enjoyed your 'dronescapism' but this one was special, thank you! Waterford is now on the list too! :)
Glad you enjoyed it Kata 😀
I really enjoyed this latest video very informative and great use (again) of the drone to get some marvellous scenic shots, looking forward to your next instalment👍👏
Thank you Kieran. Glad you enjoyed it 😀
My hubby and I wait patiently for the bing for your videos..Absolutely brilliant you make our country Ireland look beautiful..We have looked at all your day trips in the uk etc..Then your journey to France, Spain and home .
pre Covid..Brilliant ..keep up the good work..☘
Good to know you enjoy them Mary. Spain was an interesting trip thanks to Covid. Its pretty easy to make Ireland look beautiful 😏👍😁
Thank you both for sharing your journeys most enjoyable.
Thanks Thomas. Glad you enjoy the videos.
love the videos and evey day that a new one comes out brings a smile to my face .
Thanks Tom. Your comment brings a smile to our faces 😀
How amazing. The waterford factory trip was grand. Thanks for yet another brilliant vlog. Stay safe and keep it up.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for commenting 😀
Amazing scenery. The crystal factory is amazing!! The bridge on the toll road is the Meagher bridge that crosses over the River Suir
Thanks for the info 👍🙂
Great video, lots of content and the factory tour was amazing, now on my to do list. Keep them coming guys 👏👏👏
Thanks Mark 👍
What a great video. So interesting how they make the crystal.
thanks Larry
I’m glad you like driving around in your little red camper. I enjoy your videos as they take me on a video vacation!
Thanks Marie. Glad you enjoy the videos 😀
Loved it as usual .... Waterford is on the Ireland list as I love glass blowing and all that craft alchemy. Also some great beaches you came across
Glad you enjoyed the video. We would definitely recommend the Waterford Crystal tour 😀
Many congratulations on your great channel, fantastically capturing your rambling travels around Ireland. I'm Northern Irish living abroad and am truely enjoying parts and sights of Ireland I've never heard of or been to. You are clearly a very harmonious couple. Lovely to experience. Thank you both so much for all your hard work to bring us along on your travels. Cheers - Brian
Cheers Brian. We are lucky we get on so well to be honest as there is not much space in that van 😏👍. Glad you enjoy the videos.
Have enjoyed your trip through Ireland. Have seen many familiar places. Thank you for sharing.
Cheers Tom thanks for watching. 👍
Love your vlogs. We visited Ireland June 2019. The photo of you behind the Viking cutout...have the same one with my husband!😊
that was not me Lisa that was the Viking king 😏🤥😁👍
What a grand time you must have had in Waterford. Ken, you do very well with the drone shots. Always breath taking views when you use it. Beautiful Ireland! Thank you for taking the time to share your fabulous trip around Ireland with us! Blessings, Mary
Thank you Mary 😀
Thank you for yet another lovely tour
Thanks for the feedback Michelle.
Good video enjoyed that
Cheers Greg 👍
Takes me right back to September 2019....xxx
Another great vlog Ken and Carol. Great music choice as well. Loved the tour of Wexford glass works some amazing pieces of glass thanks so much for sharing.
Glad you liked it Grumpy 😁👍
Yeah. A new video. Loving these so much. Happy thanksgiving from us in Canada.
Enjoy your thanksgiving. 👍
Im loving the videos keep them going 👍 ye are very happy couple who enjoy life god bless ye
Thank you Paul for your kind comment. Glad you are enjoying the videos 😀
You should try Tipperary. Some lovely towns there...Rock of Cashel, Cahir Castle,the Vee, Old walled town of Fethard, Clonmel.
Unfortunately they will have to wait for our return trip as we are back home now. Thank you for the recommendations 😀
Yes been there
Videos are terrific. I knew Carol would make purchase. I bet my wife and we both laughed. I can now see why its so expensive.
It had to be done Brad and we have some lovely souvenirs to remember our trip to Ireland 🇮🇪 😀
Spent our childhood holidays in this area. Lovely video thank you
You will have lots of memories from there then Willie. Beautiful area.
Another great video😁
Thank you 🙂
👍 look forward to seeing you back again soon I hope. Love the aerial views, keep it up. Thank you for being so respectful of Covid guidelines. Safe travels. 🚘
Cheers Catherine. When Covid is under control we will return 👍
Hi Ken and Carol Great video and drone footage of your trip loved it especially the tour of the Waterford Crystal factory we had a crystal factory here in Northern Ireland called Tyrone crystal renowned for fine crystal all over the world till unfortunately it closed it was set up in 1971 and closed in 2010 glass making dates back in Tyrone to 1771 they had made one off pieces for the Canadian Grand Prix and a chandelier for the Merchant Hotel in Belfast it was the largest chandelier in all of the island of Ireland weighing in at 400kg and had 2600 crystal pieces and embellished with gold and metal. Thanks again for taking us along to enjoy your trip and history cheers 👍🇬🇧
Thanks Rod, interesting info on Tyrone crystal. That chandelier must have been a sight to see 😮😀
Not been to Waterford like to visit some time love your knowledge of each place you visit Mary
Thanks Mary. We would definitely recommend a visit to the Waterford House of Crystal 😀
Your videos are always brilliantly done
NIkCan thank you 🙂
Enjoy each episode looking forward to #24
Thanks Michael 👍
i enjoyed it watching in melbourne
Cheers Mick. We loved Melbourne when we visited in 2011 👍
I was waiting for the Waterford episode, because I lived there for a month last year. Beautiful!
Besides, this year I was planning to visit Ireland again for my 30th birthday and of course I had to cancel any plan. Luckily you are sharing this trip, thank you!
This Covid has destroyed so much. So many people who were going to visit but had to cancel. We look forward to going back when it’s over.
Another great days travel big like
Cheers 👍
I'm seeing places I haven't seen before, and I'm a native. Well done.
Cheers Eamon. Often the way that we don’t get to see where we live. 👍
Ken & Carol, you fairly had my feet tapping away at this one. The drone coped extremely well in that wind. Loved Waterford Crystal, hope not too many moths escaped, and that close up of the viking, where did you find such a gruesome looking warrior for that shot?
That Viking was gruesome. Every time I turned my back he was filming me. If you visit the factory leave your wallet in the van 👍😁
Cool
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Ken, When your Irish adventure comes to an end would you be entertaining offers for the lovely Carol? I'm planning a motorhome trip across the United States and in so far as I can't cook and have abysmal organizational skills she would be a great asset as I'm sure you know. You could tell her the motorhome has an onboard toilet and stand up shower so public loos can be ignored with impunity and a 3 burner stove with oven and built in microwave would lend itself to gourmet meals.....Joking of course.....Looking forward to your next video..
I think that is dastardly to tempt her with your onboard toilet and stand up shower. How can a chap compete with that 🧐. I wondered why she was looking up airfares 😏👍😁.
@@LifeistooshortCK ..To put your mind at ease Carol has politely declined my generous offer and advises that She's looking for a 'Chap' with a 70 ft. Narrowboat with all the creature comforts.
I think she is going to struggle with the locks and as for parking outside the takeaway she can forget that. I give it 2 weeks max 😁👍
@@LifeistooshortCK ..Man to Man I'd be remiss if I didn't tell you she has a plan B which is running away with Richard Branson and living on his private island..Don't tell her I spilled the beans..
You're a good sport...
Hi Ken and Carol glad you made the copper coast drive. FYI Annestown is/was a Quaker village and as such a rare village in Ireland..i.e. not a Public House in sight! ..Stephen H.
We didn’t know that Stephen. 👍. As you say no pub would be rare indeed 😁
i was wondering would you make it to waterford i live there it was i nice episode but i feel it was a little rushed you missed out some of our attractions mahon falls, irelands answer to blackpool Tramore. suir valley railway and more. still what you showed was interesting thanks from all in the Deise
To be honest Michael I feel the whole trip was a bit rushed and we need to slow down. We are still learning the right pace for these vlogs. So much to see and that is why we will return post Covid 👍
Been following your journey all along. Shame you couldn't have visited Lismore Co Waterford or Kilkenny Castle.
But maybe your next visit.
There is so much we missed on this trip Paul but we will definitely be back and see the rest some day after Covid calms down 👍
Thoroughly enjoyed my vicarious month long Ireland trip, where are we going next ? How long were you actually away for?
I am fitting front seat arm rests in my NV today it is coming along very nicely. Hope you are both well, Ed
Glad you enjoyed the Ireland trip Ed. We were in Ireland for five weeks. Not sure where we will be heading next but we are hoping to get away soon. Good luck with the arm rests 😀
Enjoy following you around, very interesting,,,but still giggle on how you pronounce “COVID” lol 😂 apologies 😉
I was told that if you pronounce it like that you can’t catch it. I am not sure if he was being serious 😏
Why didn't you try and fly the drone through the tunnel? 😂 That Viking is quite a handsome looking guy! Another very entertaining video!
Cheers Ethan. I wish I had gone a bit closer now as it would have been a good shot. I wanted to fly through but Carol kept refusing to swim out a get it if it crashed 🙄😁
Surprised you didn't do much of Cork or Kerry - as that would probably be the nicest part of the country scenery wise in my opinion.
We had planned to do the whole Wild Atlantic Way but having already spent two weeks in Northern Ireland we realised it would take much longer than we thought. We made the decision to come back post COVID when we will hopefully be able to immerse ourselves more fully in the social side of Ireland and see Cork and Kerry at their best.
Life is too short Good plan!
Thats a lime Kiln, in the beach Carpark
Thanks for that John, good to know 👍😀
That's what believe too, lots of them in Ireland but that was a particularly impressive one👍
There's a great example at Battintoy in Co Antrim. There's loads all over the country
Thank you for the tour of Waterford crystal - I own a large crystal cross with a connamara marble base. I purchased it on QVC in the U.S.A. It's beautiful. I love factory's. Have you gone to any wool sweater (jumper) factories yet?
you’re welcome Sharon. we have seen the jumper factories but we haven’t visited any yet. 👍
I thoroughly enjoyed that. You did do a bit of zig-zagging though. You had your dinner in Bunmahon WD but slept in Ballyquinn WX, you then nipped back to Kilmurrin WD, I'm impessed. :-)
By the way Annestown is pronounced "Bun Abha" :-)
Louis Finegan there was a bit of a mistake on that last video. When it said Bunmahon on the screen we were actually at Ballyquin Beach! Bunmahon was a bit too far to travel that day! Sorry for the confusion ☺️
Ahhh Ballyquinn near Ardmore, that makes sense, never mind. I thought it didn't look like the Bunmahon I remember from my childhood. Bunmahon has a wall of sand dunes between the road / car park and the beach. The sand there has little flecks of green copper from the surrounding copper ores. Love the channel.
You're showing off our great little country very well - thanks, really glad you're enjoying it as much as we enjoy your vlogs.
What kind of drone are you using may I ask? I'm thinking of getting one myself.
Thanks Conor. The drone is a Mavic Air 2.
I'm surprised they ket you film inside the factory but like you I would definitely recommend a visit there, the skill displayed is brilliant, but watch your wallets eh Ken 😅. Did you go through or bypass lismore? There is a castle there, I believe still lived in, my mums home town many years ago 😊. I am really loving this trip.
Hi William. I was fairly confident about filming in there as a friend made a movie a little while ago. The chap I filmed in closeup cutting the small bowl beckoned me to pass the barrier for a closer shot so they are very good there. It can only help there tours as all publicity is good. Lismore was on our list but sadly we ran out of time on this trip.
Would you mind sharing the make and model of the drone ? Lovely footage. Thanks for sharing these videos.
My drone is a DJI Mavic Air 2. If you are thinking of getting one don’t go too large as they attract too much attention.
Life is too short thank you. My husband wants to check it out. Have a good day. Stay healthy and stay safe.
I didn't realise that Waterford Crystal was Irish. Great relaxing video 🍷🍺👍🏼
Neither did I until we got there 😏👍
Where did you think it was from 😮
@@sandradowling7239
I've never really thought about it. Names can be very misleading, Turkeys don't come from Turkey and Yorkshire Tea doesn't grow there. ............. but the good thing is I learnt something while watching TH-cam. 🍷🍺👍🏼
Chris Needham very true 🙂, l just assumed everyone knew Waterford Crystal was Irish ☘️ , but then lm biased lol 😉
Great video once again😀👍. What drone are you using?
Thank you Glen. I have just swapped from the Mavic Air to the Mavic Air 2.
I enjoy all your videos but especially liked this one :-). I love Waterford crystal and will be gifting mine to my dear friend before our move to Ireland. I'm always surprised and disappointed when your videos are over as they seem to go by so quickly and I could watch them all day :-). Stay well.
Thank you Kate for your lovely comment 😀
We were wondering how many miles your van has done
10480 as of yesterday. There will be a few more today as its day 2 of Sussex 👍
you eat like kings...do you find irish foods like butter, breads, meats are of a high standard?
HEAD GROUNDSMAN yes, all good quality. We particularly liked the soda bread and potato cake that we don’t have in England.
Did the factory actually take up 2 hrs of your time ?
No they suggest 2 hrs to give time to walk there, do the tour and then look around the shop 👍
Are you still travelling around Ireland, if so any issues with the covid restrictions ?
G & H Rideouts we are back home now 😀
@@LifeistooshortCK aww agrees life is to short, had a motorhome trip planned this week, will have to stick to the north 😔
G & H Rideouts yes it sounds like Republic of Ireland has gone into lockdown 🙁