The paper was founded in 1804, and was known then as Ramsy's Waterford Chronicle.
In 1825, the Irish language scholar Philip Fitzgerald Barron[1] bought the Waterford Chronicle, and used it to advocate for Catholic emancipation.
[2] The paper was passed to his brother Pierse Richard Barron, and then sold to a Mr Peter Strange before being owned by Edward Netterville Barron (another member of the Barron family).
The paper struggled, going through various owners.
The paper ceased publication in 1872.