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The Royal Irish Academy has developed teaching material that is of use in the classroom. Designed to be both stimulating to students and integral to the relevant school curriculum, the goal is to motivate and inspire primary, second level and third level students on the...
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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.
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Many Anglo-Norman boroughs were established in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries modelled on the chartered towns of England and continental Europe. They consisted of streets with burgage plots, street markets and town walls with gates.
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Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 16 Dundalk by Harold O'Sullivan was originally published in 2006.
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Frank Cullen's sold out publication focusing on The Ordnance Survey’s large-scale town plans for Dublin (1847) has been reprinted
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Drogheda, c. 1180 to c. 1900: from fortified boroughs to industrial port town by Ned Mc Hugh depicts 700 years of history on one map.
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This year's theme of the ICHT conference is 'Crisis in Urban Order' and it takes place in Maynooth, Dublin and Derry, 13–16 September 2022.
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Access to the Irish Historic Towns Atlas Online, GIS prototypes and Additional resources.
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As part of IHTA Online, Anngret Simms, MRIA and founding editor of the Irish Historic Towns Atlas , discusses the native Gaelic town type – the Monastic Town.
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The walking tours held in the South-East City, Drumcondra, Kilmainham, Rathmines and Clontarf sold out early for Heritage Week 2023.
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The aim of this one-day workshop was to promote the creative use of the IHTA in teaching, research and fieldwork at third level across the disciplines of geography, history, digital humanities, local studies, archaeology, architecture and town planning.
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Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 14, Trim by Mark Hennessy was originally published in 2004.
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As part of Heritage Week, the Digital Atlas of Fethard was launched after a conference and walking tour
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We are looking for feedback on the Irish Historic Towns Atlas Website.
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A new phase of colonisation associated with town foundations occurred in the sixteenth century. New towns were planned under the Munster and Ulster Plantation schemes, some medieval towns were refounded and Gaelic market towns developed.
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Irish Historic Tows Atlas, no. 19 Dublin, part II, 1610 to 1756 by Colm Lennon was originally published in 2008.
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The Irish Historic Towns Atlas attended the 2019 Milwaukee Irish Fest to showcase the new publication, Renaissance Galway.
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We are inviting expressions of interest to volunteer as editors of the IHTA series from 2021 onwards.
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The ICHT met in Maynooth and Dublin before travelling to Derry City via Kells, Cavan and Enniskillen from 13 to 16 September 2022.
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The Irish Historic Towns Atlas (IHTA) was established in 1981. The aim of the programme 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...
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Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 28, Galway/Gaillimh by Jacinta Prunty and Paul Walsh was launched by President Higgins in Galway City Museum on 1 November 2016.
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As part of IHTA Online, Howard Clarke, MRIA and editor of the Irish Historic Towns Atlas , explores the traditional Irish Viking towns and other towns associated with them.
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Town and Country: perspectives from the Irish Historic Towns Atlas had record numbers in attendance
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IHTA Seminar 2016: Medieval Townscapes: comparative perspectives through the Irish and British historic towns atlases
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Athlone, Carlingford, Carrickfergus, Fethard, Kilkenny, Mullingar, Sligo and Trim are freely availble to search or download.
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