The Insider's Guide to Waterford: 55 things to see, do and experience — and the best places to stay

The Déise is a dazzling and diverse destination, writes Thom Breathnach

The Comeragh Mountains in Waterford, the South of Ireland.

If one Irish county could encapsulate the best of the nation, Waterford comes pretty close. 

The Déise packs it all in: The rugged mountain ranges of the Munster Vales from the Comeraghs to Knockmealdowns, the blissfully bucolic countryside of the Blackwater Valley, and the golden beaches which fold before the Celtic Sea.