Passage East (IE)

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Passage East (Irish: An Pasáiste Thoir) is a fishing village in County Waterford, Ireland, situated on the west bank of Waterford Harbour. It is 12 km from Waterford.

On 23 August 1170, a year after Strongbow landed in Bannow, symbolising the beginning of the Norman invasion of Ireland, he returned to the country with 200 knights and 1,000 men, landing in Passage East.

Nearby are the ruins of Geneva Barracks, a one time planned utopian colony turned into a notorious prison and point of departure for thousands of rebels transported from the country for participation in the 1798 rebellion.

Postmark Examples


Postmark Examples

1870 use of Plate 6 in PASSAGE EAST. The stamp was not printed until 1872, however a imprimatur sheet that was surplus was printed in 1869 and appears to have been perforated and sent out for general issue at the same time that plate 5 was issied.