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Irish Historic Towns Atlas Digital

Access to the Irish Historic Towns Atlas Online, GIS prototypes and Additional resources.

The Irish Historic Towns Atlas (IHTA) has been producing printed atlases and related publications on Irish towns and cities since 1986. The IHTA Digital Working Group is chaired by Dr Rachel Murphy (University of Limerick) and is composed of Sarah Gearty (IHTA), Keith Lilley (Queen's University Belfast), Lisa Griffith (Digital Repository of Ireland), Kevin Long (Digital Repository of Ireland), Jennifer Moore (IHTA), Frank Cullen (IHTA), Wayne Aherne (RIA) and Derek Cosgrave (RIA). 

IHTA Digital is a complementary online resource and contains three components.

Access to the online editions of published towns and city atlases

IHTA Online »

Prototype digital atlas sites based on IHTA material (such as the Digital Atlas of Derry~Londonderry)

Digital Atlases (GIS) »

Additional online resources for research, teaching and learning

Additional Resources »

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