Waterford praised for Tall Ships’ success

WATERFORD’S hosting of the Tall Ships Races 2011 has been overwhelmingly praised for its success, which saw up to 500,000 spectators in the city over the four-day festival ending on Sunday.

Chairman of Fáilte Ireland, Redmond O’Donoghue, yesterday said the festival was “an awesome success”.

The celebrations had “captured the imagination of the country and appealed across generations and demographics” as Waterford hosted the largest number of people ever assembled in the almost 1,100-year history of Ireland’s oldest city, he said.