Growing up in Ireland, it’s custom for your grandparents to have an immaculate and unused “good room” in their house—which is more like a museum or film set where the family could enjoy a meal, but rarely do. Because both sets of my grandparents are also from Waterford, a coastal county in the South East that is known around the world for its homegrown crystal brand, within these rooms you would always find a display cabinet of precious, glistening glass pieces. As almost every Waterford-based family had a relation who worked at ‘The Glass,’ there was seemingly no end to the amount of crystal you’d find amassed over time
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