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Series editors: Anngret Simms, H.B. Clarke, Raymond Gillespie,
Jacinta Prunty; consultant editor: J.H. Andrews; cartographic editor: Sarah Gearty; editorial assistants: Angela Murphy, Jennifer Moore.

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

Maps prepared in association with Ordnance Survey Ireland
and Land and Property Services

Carlingford Launch

Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 23 Carlingford by Harold O’Sullivan and Raymond Gillespie was officially launched in Carlingford Heritage Centre by Eileen Battersby on Thursday 16 June 2011. Professor Raymond Gillespie conducted a detailed walking tour of the town commenting on Carlingford’s medieval features such as the Tholsel, Taafe’s Castle, King John’s Castle, the Holy Trinity Church and the Dominican Priory.

Carlingford Lough Heritage Trust hosted the launch of Carlingford by Eileen Battersby, Irish Times, that evening in the Heritage Centre. Tributes were made by Raymond Gillespie and Jim O’Callaghan to Harold O’Sullivan who sadly passed away in 2009.

Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 23, Carlingford by Harold O’Sullivan and Raymond Gillespie can be purchased online here

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Reading the maps: a guide to the Irish Historic Towns Atlas by Jacinta Prunty and H.B. Clarke. Reading the maps is intended to serve all users, and particularly teachers, of the Irish Historic Towns Atlas. Samples over the first twenty-two atlases are used in illustrating comparative, thematic and specific studies of Irish urban history...More details

Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 23 Carlingford by Harold O’Sullivan and Raymond Gillespie. Carlingford details the growth of this port and fishing town at the gateway to south Ulster and north Leinster on Carlingford Lough. From its Anglo-Norman foundation, the picturesque town attracted many artists and traveller...More details