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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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Contents from the IHTA Galway/Gaillimh atlas have been incorporated into a Geographical Information System.
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In the Royal Irish Academy's educational resources series , Rachel Murphy (University of Limerick) discusses how GIS and the IHTA can be used in third-level history.
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Today marks the launch of the Digital Atlas of Cork/Corcaigh , a free online interactive map that invites you to discover the built heritage of Cork City in a new way where 6,245 features of the city's history from AD 623 to 1900 are mapped.
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In a busy week for the Irish Historic Towns Atlas Project , IHTA no. 29, Drogheda/Droichead Átha by Ned Mc Hugh was launched in the Highlanes Gallery and Academy House, there were two public lectures on Dublin port and Drogheda as well as the annual...
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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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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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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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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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Irish Historic Towns Atlases of Bray and Belfast, part II, 1840 to 1900 are now freely available to search and download.
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Irish Historic Towns Atlas honorary editor, contributor, colleague and friend moves to South Sudan to take on a new challenge.
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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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Maynooth University student Ben Callan and Irish Historic Towns Atlas Editorial Assistant and author Dr Angela Byrne share details of recent research on Ballyshannon that was carried out with the support of Creative Ireland, Donegal County Council and the Department of Culture, Heritage and the...
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IHTA Seminar 2016: Medieval Townscapes: comparative perspectives through the Irish and British historic towns atlases
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As part of the IHTA Town Type series, Colm Lennon, MRIA and editor of the Irish Historic Towns Atlas Suburbs Series, writes about the Town in the Eighteenth Century when many significantly expanded.
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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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Irish Historic Towns Atlas, Dublin suburbs, no. 1 Clontarf by Colm Lennon is availble to buy now.
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Arnold Horner delivered a lecture on John Andrews, MRIA and founding member of the Irish Historic Towns Atlas , on 17 November 2020 to mark the first anniversary of his death.
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The celebration of the launch of Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 31 Cork/Corcaigh by H.B. Clarke and Máire Ní Laoi took place in Cork City Hall on Tuesday 14 May and continued with the IHTA Seminar 'Marshland to Metropolitan City' on Wednesday 15 May in...
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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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Irish Historic Towns Atlas, Dublin suburbs series, no. 2 Rathmines by Séamas Ó Maitiú is now available.
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This year we welcomed 1467 visitors through the doors and we had plenty for them to see and hear.
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In the sixth and final IHTA Town Type Essay, Jacinta Prunty, Irish Historic Towns Atlas editor and Maynooth University lecturer, discusses the changes in and to towns in the nineteenth century.
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