Castel WATERFORD the home of the William 6th Earl Waterford was an old building which had been done up in the previous reign. Thus it possessed all of the modern convinces. Very much against the wishes of the previous earl the new water closet had been installed in a number of rooms. The original castle had been built many centuries earlier and had come into the possession of the Earl’s family in the reign of queen Elizabeth of blessed memory having spent a vast fortune the 5th earl had made the stately home as comfortable as possible for its inhabitants. So much so that the current Earl of not forced on occasion to leave it would have spent the entire year here hunting and fishing for the great park presented enough deer great birds and other varieties of game to keep the earl happy content for a very long time of the fishing His Lordship had led Sir Thomas to understand that no where else would one find Salmon and trout of such multitudes that would make a man gasp to see so many and of such great size.
It was to this retreat that Sir Thomas found himself in the company of his lordship now preceded. His children Tom, John Mary and Sophia had recently joined Sir Thomas in London taking passage on a yacht that the Earl had at his disposal for official duties they set sail from London for Ireland on a brisk Autumn day in 1813.
