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The Irish Historic Towns Atlas project was established in 1981. The aim of the project is to record the topographical development of a selection of Irish towns both large and small. Each town is published separately as a fascicle or folder and includes a series of maps complemented by a detailed text section.

The Irish Historic Towns Atlas is part of a wider European scheme, with towns atlases containing broadly similar information available for a number of countries. Thus Irish towns can be studied in their European context. Map of European towns atlases

Ireland Under Siege

The Irish Historic Towns Atlas have been involved in the development of a new augmented reality smart phone application, steered by the University of Limerick, called Ireland Under Siege (www.irelandundersiege.com). The app uses the Layar platform to allow users to experience seventeenth-century Irish sieges in Athlone, Derry~Londonderry, Drogheda, Limerick, Galway and Sligo. The app and website was launched by Minister Jan O’Sullivan in the Hunt Museum, Limerick on 30 April 2012 (http://www.ul.ie/news-centre/news/ul-launches-ireland-under-siege-mobile-phone-app/)

IHTA Seminar 2012

Maps and Texts
Using the Irish Historic Towns Atlas

Monastic and Viking Towns

The annual IHTA seminar will be held on 25 May 2012..More details

Just Published:

Ihta, no. 24, Sligo

by Fióna Gallagher and Marie-Louise Legg
Over 1400 sites are documented in Sligo depicting the urban development of the strategically situated north-western town...More details

Irish Historic Towns Atlas Volume III (Derry~Londonderry, Dundalk, Armagh, Tuam, Limerick)

 Volume III presents five towns and cities in the IHTA series in bound format and follows on from Volume I (1996) and Volume II (2005)...More details