Raymond Gillespie on the 'Early Modern, Gaelic and Plantation town'
07 July 2017To complement the Irish Historic Towns Atlas Online series we are producing short essays by experts on particular town types.
THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY IS IRELAND'S LEADING BODY OF EXPERTS IN THE SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
The Royal Irish Academy/Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann champions research. We identify and recognise Ireland’s world class researchers. We support scholarship and promote awareness of how science and the humanities enrich our lives and benefit society. We believe that good research needs to be promoted, sustained and communicated. The Academy is run by a Council of its members. Membership is by election and considered the highest Academic honour in Ireland.
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The Irish Historic Towns Atlas (IHTA) project was established in 1981. The aim of the project is to record the topographical development of a selection of Irish towns both large and small. Each town is published separately as a fascicle or folder and includes a series of maps complemented by a detailed text section. The Irish Historic Towns Atlas is part of a wider European scheme, with towns atlases containing broadly similar information available for a number of countries. Thus Irish towns can be studied in their European context.
Irish Historic Towns Atlas
IHTA Towns in the Nineteenth Century now available online
16 June 2017Irish Historic Towns Atlases of Bray and Belfast, part II, 1840 to 1900 are now freely available to search and download.
Colm Lennon on the 'town in the eighteenth century'
30 May 2017To complement the Irish Historic Towns Atlas Online series we are producing short essays by experts on particular town types.
Galway Exhibition
From: Monday, 03 July 2017To: Tuesday, 31 October 2017
Galway's history through maps: an exhibition through maps and views. Due to annual cleaning and stocktaking this exhibition will be closed from 31 July - 11 August.
