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IHTA Workshop for Dublin Festival of History
Behind the maps: navigating the Irish Historic Towns Atlas, a workshop based on the Irish Historic Towns Atlas will take place in the Royal Irish Academy as part of the Dublin Festival of History.

Renaissance Galway seminar
The Moore Institute (National University of Ireland, Galway) will host a seminar on the latest IHTA publication Renaissance Galway.

Dublin Festival of History – Dublin 1847: maps and themes
As part of the Dublin Festival of History, Frank Cullen will discuss various aspects of Dublin from the Ordnance Survey town plans of 1847.

Man, maps and map history: John Andrews, 1927–2019
A lecture by Arnold Horner in honour of the life and work of John Andrews, cartographic historian and geographer.

IHTA, no. 30, Dungarvan/Dún Garbhán lecture and interview
To celebrate the release of Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 30, Dungarvan/Dún Garbhán by John Martin, a lecture and interview will take place online.

Town and Country: Perspectives from the Irish Historic Towns Atlas
This year's annual seminar from the Irish Historic Towns Atlas will take place online over each Thursday lunchtime throughout May 2021 with the plenary taking place on the final Thursday evening.

Town and Country seminar series: Monastic tenants, Viking raiders and Hiberno-Norse people
Town and Country: Perspectives from the Irish Historic Towns Atlas is a seminar series taking place throughout May 2021.

IHTA seminar series: Town and country in later medieval Ireland
Town and Country: Perspectives from the Irish Historic Towns Atlas is a seminar series taking place throughout May 2021.

IHTA seminar series: 'Lawyers, merchants and peasants: town and country interaction in early modern Ireland
Town and Country: Perspectives from the Irish Historic Towns Atlas is a seminar series taking place throughout May 2021.
