A series of archaeological digs from 2016 at Whitesands reveal hundreds of burials stretching back to the early history of Christianity in Wales and the medieval crossing of the Irish Sea.

Whitesands Bay | Pembrokeshire | St. Patrick's Chapel

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A wildlife oasis hidden between the Twin Towns

Goodwick Moor | Wildlife Reserve | Biodiversity

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Sixty six days after leaving his home port in Gloucester, Massachusetts, Alfred Johnson set his shaky feet on the Welsh shore, to the amazement of the villagers of Abercastle.

Alfred "Centennial" Johnson | Abercastle | Atlantic Ocean

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The story of the Charterhouse Lifeboat, from its role in a famous rescue off Fishguard's Needle Rock to its conservation and role in the present.

RNLI | Lifeboats | Charterhouse (boat)

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Discovering the past in Fishguard and Goodwick

Ein Hanes collection | Fishguard | Goodwick

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The villagers of Cwm-yr-Eglwys lost their church in the same devastating 1859 storm that sank the Royal Charter.

Storm | Cwm-yr-Eglwys | Royal Charter (ship)

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An 1801 story of death, paranoia, isolation and Hollywood adaptation and how it changed the rules of lighthouse keeping.

Smalls Lighthouse | Pembrokeshire | Tragedy

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“TRAGEDY OF THE SEA” read the headline in North Pembrokeshire’s local newspaper, The County Echo, when it reported the destruction by enemy action of the Fishguard to Rosslare passenger and mail ferry the St Patrick with the loss of 28 lives.

World War Two | St Patrick (ferry) | Tragedy

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How Canada, Ireland and Wales Were Connected Beneath the Sea.

Telegraph cables | Communications | Fishguard

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Catching fish from the shore was but one of many ways to harvest the sea’s bounty in the history of Fishguard.

Fishtraps | Fishguard | Fishing

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Cawl is the Welsh version of Irish stew and Scotch broth: a lump of meat (or meaty bone) cooked long and slow over the fire with leeks, potatoes, onions and other roots plus a handful of oats thrown in at the end.

Cawl | Food | Pembrokeshire

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Laver, or dried seaweed, is a local delicacy and traditional cooking ingredient in coastal Pembrokeshire. Laverbread made with seaweed is a unique and popular dish.

Seaweed | Food | Pembrokeshire

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