Waterford City and County Council has commissioned a large-scale mural spanning across the Dock Road in Ferrybank, presenting 29 distinct scenes from the area\u2019s history.<\/p>\n
The work is being carried out by Portuguese street artist Mariana Duarte Santos, who aims to pay tribute to the historic communities of Ferrybank and Sallypark through her art.<\/p>\n
Mariana told the Waterford News & Star that\u00a0she spent months trawling through the area\u2019s historical archives- taking design cues from historic maps, census records, newspaper articles and photos.<\/p>\n
She began her work on April 16, and leaves on the 29th, though she concedes she may need to make another trip to fully complete the 150-metre wall.<\/p>\n
Her job has taken her across Europe, although it\u2019s not her first time in Waterford. In 2025, she completed a mural outside of Waterford City\u2019s Greenway Bike Hire.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really enjoy working here, I don\u2019t get much of a chance to see the city because I\u2019m working, but when I have seen it I\u2019ve enjoyed it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Senior Engineer with Waterford Council, Paul Johnston, said the work is \u201cvitally important\u201d in celebrating the history and essence of Ferrybank.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis mural is significant not only in scale but is a stunning visual narrative that bridges past, present and future.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost importantly, it pays tribute to the people who shaped Ferrybank, from railway workers and stevedores to families and generations of residents whose lives and livelihoods defined the character of the area.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Waterford City and County Council has commissioned a large-scale mural spanning across the Dock Road in Ferrybank, presenting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-417976","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}