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Irish Historic Towns Atlas Online: Limerick

Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 21 Limerick by Eamon O'Flaherty was originally published in 2010. 

The online version contains the cover, general abbreviations, essay, topographical information, select bibliography, maps 1, 2, 3 and 27 and the legend sheet to map 2. The historical map from Limerick c. 840 to c. 1900: Viking longphort to Victorian city by Eamon O'Flaherty and Jennifer Moore (2011) is also included. Users are encouraged to reference this digital edition in their work. Each pdf includes a guide to citation and usage on its introductory page.

Due to copyright restrictions certain historical maps and images that are available in the printed atlases are not included in the digital edition. The full contents list of the published original is on page 2 of the cover so you can see what extra materials are available in the printed version. On page 3 of the cover you will also find a general introduction to the IHTA. The general abbreviations for the series is included as a separate pdf.

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