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Launch of IHTA Dungarvan, Rathmines and Drogheda

26 May 2022

A combined launch of recent Irish Historic Towns Atlas publications took place in Academy House on 19 May 2022 at the and of a day of workshops. 

Mary Canning, President of the Royal Irish Academy, launched the recent IHTA publications of no. 30 Dungarvan/Dún Garbhán by John Martin (2020); Dublin suburbs no. 2, Rathmines by Seámas Ó Maitiú (2021) and Drogheda c. 1180 to 1900: from fortified borough to industrial port town by Ned Mc Hugh (2020). 

Both Dungarvan/Dún Garbhán and Rathmines were published during 2020 and 2021 and launched virtually with John Martin delivering and online lecture and interview (more here) and Seámas Ó Maitiú giving a lecture (more here). 

Drogheda c. 1180 to 1900  is an ancillary publication to IHTA no. 29 Drogheda/Droichead Átha by Ned Mc Hugh, published in 2019. More on those launches here

If you would like to purchase any of these publications, please follow the links below: 

Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 30 Dungarvan/Dún Garbhán by John Martin

Irish Historic Towns Atlas, Dublin suburbs, no. 2 Rathmines by Seámas Ó Maitiú

Drogheda c. 1180 to 1900: from fortified borough to industrial port town by Ned Mc Hugh  

 

 

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