Timeline from Stradbally (County Waterford)

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1220 s
Death of Thomas FitzAnthony 1st Jan 1227 Read more
1290 s
Thomas An Apa Fitzgerald left Woodhouse to his younger son Sir Thomas of Athasell 31st Dec 1299 Read more
1300 s
Stradbally was one of five towns in County Waterford to be assessed for special payments 1st Jan 1300 Read more
Death of Reginald de Dene 1st Jan 1302 Read more
1540 s
Stradbally church was confiscated by the English Crown after the Reformation 1st Jan 1540 Read more
1580 s
The Munster Plantation 1st Jan 1586 Read more
1640 s
The Irish Rebellion of 1641 1st Jan 1641 Read more
The start of the Cromwellian conquest in Ireland 1st Jan 1649 Read more
1650 s
The Civil Survey was carried out on Cromwell's orders 1st Jan 1654 Read more
The Down Survey was begun 1st Jan 1655 Read more
1690 s
Stradbally parish church fell into disrepair 1st Jan 1699 Read more
1790 s
John Devereaux was appointed vicar of Stradbally and work began on a new church 1st Jan 1798 Read more
The Uniacke family of Woodhouse built a school for their estate workers' children 31st Dec 1799 Read more
1800 s
The main body of the new Church of Ireland church was completed 1st Jan 1802 Read more
1806 Pierce Barron of Faha built the Barron school 1st Jan 1806 Read more
The belfry was added to the new Church of Ireland church 1st Jan 1806 Read more
1810 s
A Woodhouse estate map shows a church existed just south of the present location of the Catholic Holy Cross church. 1st Jan 1819 Read more
1820 s
Philip Barron of Durrow House bought The Waterford Chronicle 1st Jan 1825 Read more
A brig was wrecked near Stradbally. All the crew except the Master and Mate were drowned. 19th Dec 1825 Read more
Henry Villiers-Stuart wins the Waterford Election of 1826 1st Jan 1826 Read more
Two schools in Durrow 1st Jan 1827 Read more
1830 s
The present Catholic church dedicated to the Holy Cross was built 1st Jan 1834 Read more
Philip Barron of Durrow House aimed to set up an Irish college in nearby Seafield 1st Jan 1835 Read more
The barque Sovereign was driven ashore near Stradbally, but all onboard survived 16th Mar 1837 Read more
1840 s
A schooner carrying coal was wrecked near Stradbally 1st Jan 1846 Read more
Griffiths' Survey, also known as the Primary Valuation of Ireland was first begun 1st Jan 1848 Read more
1870 s
The wreck of the Gwenissa 1st Jan 1875 Read more
The Sisters of Mercy arrived in Stradbally 1st Jan 1875 Read more
The Stradbally Sisters of Mercy convent became an independent house 1st Jan 1876 Read more
The railway line between Waterford and Dungarvan was officially opened 12th Aug 1878 Read more
1880 s
A large barque was wrecked near Stradbally 1st Jan 1881 Read more
The Sisters of Mercy bought and moved into Hannigan’s Hotel (now Whelan’s pub), having outgrown Myrtle Lodge) 1st Jan 1883 Read more
After the death of Rev. Fr. Casey, the Sisters of Mercy moved into the old parochial house at Carrigahilla, where they expanded the building 1st Jan 1885 Read more
Stradbally GAA was founded, one year after the Waterford city GAA was established 21st Nov 1886 Read more
1890 s
The Sisters of Mercy set up a new convent school with more space for the higher numbers of students, and continued to provide an unusually broad curriculum 1st Jan 1890 Read more
1900 s
A match between Durrow and De La Salle is the first written reference to hurling in Stradbally 1st Jan 1903 Read more
The first set of jerseys for Stradbally’s football team were woven by the Stradbally Sisters of Mercy, who set up and ran the successful Munster Industries. 1st Jan 1906 Read more
1910 s
The beginning of the Irish War of Independence 21st Jan 1919 Read more
1920 s
The Durrow Engagement 3rd Mar 1921 Read more
The Ballylinch Ambush 29th Apr 1921 Read more
The Ballyvoile Ambush 5th Jun 1921 Read more
The Irish War of Independence came to an end 11th Jul 1921 Read more
The Irish Civil War began 28th Jun 1922 Read more
The railway viaduct at Ballyvoile was blown-up by the anti-treaty IRA, in an attempt to stop the National Army reaching Dungarvan. 8th Aug 1922 Read more
A train was deliberately sent over the ruined viaduct at Ballyvoile 31st Jan 1923 Read more
End of the Irish Civil War 24th May 1923 Read more
The railway route was reopened after Ballyvoile viaduct had been rebuilt. 1st Jan 1924 Read more
The wreck of the Cirilo Amoros 15th Feb 1926 Read more
Larry Griffin, the local postman, disappeared on Christmas Day. 25th Dec 1929 Read more
Stradbally’s Handball alley was built 31st Dec 1929 Read more
1930 s
Lady Emily Hodson dies and Lord Hugh de la Poer Beresford inherits Woodhouse 14th Feb 1933 Read more
1940 s
Stradbally’s Gaelic football team had the first of their five victories in their ‘Five in a Row’ Senior Championship winning streak. 1st Jan 1940 Read more
1960 s
The Barron School closed and a new boys’ school, Scoil na Croise Naofa, opened. 1st Jan 1966 Read more
The last passenger train passed through Durrow station. The line continued to be used for trains carrying industrial cargo for factories. 1st Jan 1967 Read more
The Sisters of Mercy convent was amalgamated with the convent in Carrick-on-Suir, due to falling numbers. 1st Jan 1967 Read more
Stradbally’s Soccer Club was founded 1st Jan 1969 Read more
1970 s
The Bally Athletics Club was established for the young people of Stradbally, Ballylaneen, Faha, Kilmacthomas, Kill, Newtown and Portlaw. 1st Jan 1972 Read more
Stradbally’s hurling team won their first county championship 1st Jan 1974 Read more
1980 s
Stradbally entered the Tidy Towns Competiton for the first time 1st Jan 1982 Read more
The school run by the Sisters of Mercy passed out of their hands. 1st Jan 1987 Read more
1990 s
Stradbally won a bronze medal in the Entente Florale competition 1st Jan 1990 Read more
The Waterford-Dungarvan railway line was finally completely abandoned 1st Jan 1994 Read more
2000 s
President Mary McAleese came to Stradbally to unveil the village’s Gold Medal from the Entente Eloral Competition, marking the village’s first ever visit from an Irish president. 23rd Mar 2003 Read more
Scoil na Croise Naofa was renamed Our Lady of Mercy School in recognition of that order’s services to education in Stradbally. 1st Jan 2005 Read more
Stradbally won the 'Passion for the World Around Us' award. 1st Jan 2006 Read more
2010 s
The official opening of the Waterford Greenway 25th Mar 2017 Read more