The man whom the Fraher Field is named after lived at 17 Grattan Square where he had a drapery shop named The Gaelic Outfitting Store. This shop is now The Wine Buff. In 2014 the paintwork was removed from beneath the shop window and a panel of tiles was revealed to everyone’s surprise. It is inscribed: ‘D. Ua Fearacair’ in an Irish script. In early photographs the shop has the name in English.
We now know when the tiles were put in place. The Waterford News published an account
of the renovations in August 1900:
Both the interior and exterior of Mr Daniel Fraher’s
establishment at Dungarvan presents a very handsome appearance having been
lately renovated. Mr Fraher, who
fluently speaks the native tongue and takes a deep and loving interest in its
spread, is the only shopkeeper in the Old Borough at present who has his name
in Irish letters outside his establishment.
It is nice to see that the panel of tiles has been preserved as there are only a few such panels remaining in Dungarvan.
