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Vignettes from the Irish Historic Towns Atlas

Friday, 18 September 2020

As part of Culture Night 2020 we have an exhibition that offers a glimpse of town life through the Irish Historic Towns Atlas. 

Irish Historic Towns Atlas

Educational resources for primary, second and third level students

Tuesday, 8 September 2020

The Royal Irish Academy has developed teaching material that is of use in the classroom. Designed to be both stimulating to students and integral to the relevant school curriculum, the goal is to motivate and inspire...

Publications, Art and Architecture of Ireland, Dictionary of Irish Biography, Decade of Centenaries, Documents on Irish Foreign Policy, Foclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge, Irish Historic Towns Atlas, Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks, Educational Resources

Digital Atlas of Dungarvan launched as part of National Heritage Week

Tuesday, 18 August 2020

Bringing ‘Heritage to your doorstep’ the latest atlas from the Irish Historic Towns Atlas on Dungarvan released digitally on 18 August 2020 in a first for the project.

Irish Historic Towns Atlas

Irish Historic Towns Atlas of Dungarvan — to be published in December 2020

Wednesday, 24 June 2020

Cartographic editor Sarah Gearty tells us what we can expect to see in the next atlas in the series and author John Martin gives us a flavour of historic Dungarvan.

Irish Historic Towns Atlas

Digital Atlas of Dungarvan to be launched as part of Heritage Week

Wednesday, 24 June 2020

The Irish Historic Towns Atlas (IHTA) announces the launch of the Digital Atlas of Dungarvan as part of Heritage Week (15–23 August 2020), where the theme this year is ‘Learning from our heritage’.

Irish Historic Towns Atlas

IHTA Town Type Series: The Town in the Nineteenth Century

Wednesday, 3 June 2020

In the sixth and final IHTA Town Type Essay, Jacinta Prunty, Irish Historic Towns Atlas editor and Maynooth University lecturer, discusses the changes in and to towns in the nineteenth century.

Irish Historic Towns Atlas

IHTA Town Type Series: The Town in the Eighteenth Century

Wednesday, 27 May 2020

As part of the IHTA Town Type series, Colm Lennon, MRIA and editor of the Irish Historic Towns Atlas Suburbs Series, writes about the Town in the Eighteenth Century when many significantly expanded.

Irish Historic Towns Atlas

IHTA Town Type Series: Early Modern, Gaelic and Plantation Towns

Thursday, 21 May 2020

The fourth essay on IHTA Town Types sees Raymond Gillespie, MRIA, Chair, Irish Historic Towns Atlas and lecturer in Maynooth University, discuss the development of different types of towns from c. 1500 to c. 1700. 

Irish Historic Towns Atlas

IHTA Town Type Series: Anglo-Norman Towns

Wednesday, 13 May 2020

In the third IHTA town type essay, Michael Potterton, Irish Historic Towns Atlas editor and Maynooth University lecturer, focuses on the buildling boom of Irish towns from the twelth to fourteenth centuries. 

Irish Historic Towns Atlas

IHTA Town Type Series: Viking Towns

Wednesday, 6 May 2020

As part of IHTA Online, Howard Clarke, MRIA and editor of the Irish Historic Towns Atlas, explores the traditional Irish Viking towns and other towns associated with them. 

Irish Historic Towns Atlas

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