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Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 26 Dublin, part III, 1756 to 1847 by Rob Goodbody was originally published in 2014.
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As part of Culture Night 2020 we have an exhibition that offers a glimpse of town life through the Irish Historic Towns Atlas .
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The eighteenth-century town was closely associated with large landlords, or as in the case of Georgian Dublin, a number of them, who laid out streets and squares for middle class and gentry families. They were intended to be aesthetically pleasing and were steered by the interest and resources...
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Irish Historic Towns Atlases of Maynooth, Dundalk and Dublin, part II, 1610 to 1756 are now freely available to search or download.
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Irish Historic Towns Atlas, Dublin suburbs, no. 1, Clontarf by Colm Lennon has been reprinted.
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Contact details and more on the IHTA team.
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Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 11 Dublin, part I, to 1610 by H.B. Clarke was originally published in 2002.
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Irish Historic Towns Atlas, Dublin suburbs, no. 1 Clontarf by Colm Lennon is availble to buy now.
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In the third IHTA town type essay, Michael Potterton, Irish Historic Towns Atlas editor and Maynooth University lecturer, focuses on the buildling boom of Irish towns from the twelth to fourteenth centuries.
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For Culture Night 2021, the Irish Historic Towns Atlas presents an exhibition on the Dublin suburbs series.
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During Heritage Week the premiere of the Cork atlas preview video took place.
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Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 3 Bandon by Patrick O'Flanagan was originally published in 1988.
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The Digital Atlas of Fethard is a collaboration with the Irish Historic Towns Atlas, Fethard Historical Society and the Heritage Council.
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Sarah Gearty is interviewed by Damien Tiernan from WLRFM on the recent launch of the Digital Atlas of Dungarvan, which is part of the Irish Historic Towns Atlas series.
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In the nineteenth century, particularly after the Famine, emigration from the countryside, railways and street-cars, industrial enterprises and the increasing control of central government influenced the direction in which towns developed with commercial growth in the centre and suburban growth...
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Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 9 Bray by K.M. Davies was originally published in 1998.
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Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 28 Galway/Gaillimh by Jacinta Prunty and Paul Walsh was originally published in 2016.
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A wonderful evening was had at Academy House celebrating Culture Night 2022, our first in-person Culture Night since 2019! We welcomed 550 visitors through the doors and there was plenty to see and hear.
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The IHTA’s Dublin Part III and Dublin 1847: City of the Ordnance Survey was reviewed in the Dublin Review of Books.
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Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 21 Limerick by Eamon O'Flaherty was originally published in 2010.
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The topographical gazetteer and further study maps for Irish Historic Towns Atlas: Dublin Suburbs no. 1, Clontarf by Colm Lennon and no.2 Rathmines by Séamas Ó Maitiú are available for download. You will need the code on the colophon (copyright and publishing information) page ...
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The fourth essay on IHTA Town Types sees Raymond Gillespie, MRIA, Chair, Irish Historic Towns Atlas and lecturer in Maynooth University, discuss the development of different types of towns from c. 1500 to c. 1700.
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Maynooth University student, Ben Callan, gives an account of his experience with the Irish Historic Towns Atlas as part of the Summer Programme for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) scheme where he worked on a number of ongoing IHTA projects.
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Maynooth University history student, Aoife Murphy, gives an account of her six weeks as a SPUR student in the Irish Historic Towns Atlas programme.
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Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 12 Belfast, part I, to 1840 by Raymond Gillespie and Stephen A. Royle was originally published in 2003.
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