This publication includes a large map with an introductory essay folded to a handy pocket size. Over 200 historical sites have been mapped and indexed. Colour and symbols are imposed on a modern base so the reader can walk the streets of Belfast with a view to the past, map in hand. It is an ancillary publication to Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 17, Belfast, part II, 1840 to 1900 by Stephen A. Royle. Authors: Raymond Gillespie, Stephen A. Royle; Cartogrpahy: Sarah Gearty Series editors: Anngret Simms, H.B. Clarke, Raymond Gillespie, Jacinta Prunty; Consultant editor: J.H. Andrews;...

Number 11 in the Irish Historic Towns Atlas series, Dublin, part I, to 1610 is the first in a series of four parts relating to Irish cities. Its breadth of material is underpinned by a topographical information section that lists historical and archaeological details of over 1,300 sites and an essay tracing the development of the city to 1610. The rich body of maps collected here includes: a large composite medieval map illustrating Dublin in c. 840-c. 1540; a map depicting the growth of the city to 1610; John Speed's map of Dublin (1610); maps of Dublin Castle (1606), Christ Church Cathedral...

This third combined and bound volume in the 'Irish Historic Towns Atlas' series follows volumes I (1995) and II (2005). A 300-page special publication, it brings together five towns and cities previously published as individual projects: Derry-Londonderry, Dundalk, Armagh, Tuam and Limerick. Maps are presented in large format and include facsimiles of old plans, historical reconstructions and thematic maps. Topographical views, illustrations, and photographs provide additional artistic perspectives. Each town/city in Volume III includes a text section with an explanatory essay and a detailed...

The Irish Towns Atlas project was established in the Royal Irish Academy in 1981. It traces the development of Irish towns and cities by studying historical sources and maps and publishing the results in its series of fascicles, bound volumes and ancillary productions.

Reading the Maps is a textbook companion to the Irish Historic Towns Atlas, the successful series which documents and assesses the evolution of Irish towns. To date, over 27 published atlases, three bound volumes and ten ancillary publications supply comparative, thematic and specialised studies of Irish urban history. Various town types, from monastic to Viking to modern, illustrate the origins of urban culture portraying similarities and differences across the island of Ireland. This book picks from the best of the atlases. It is richly designed with maps and views taken from the IHTA...

Volume II brings together the first six towns of the Irish Historic Towns Atlas series, previously published as individual fascicles. These towns - Maynooth, Downpatrick, Kilkenny, Bray, Fethard, and Trim - illustrate characteristic periods of town formation in Ireland. Maps are presented in large format and include facsimiles of old plans, historical reconstructions and thematic maps. Topographical views, illustrations, and photographs provide additional artistic perspectives. Each town/city in Volume II includes a text section with an explanatory essay and a detailed gazetteer that gives...

Number 14 in the Irish Historic Towns Atlas, Trim includes historical details of over 440 sites and a range of large-format maps, reconstructions and views. The growth of Trim is traced from its foundations as an Anglo-Norman town in the late 12th century right up to 1900. The fascicle includes Ordnance Survey and historical maps as well as historic and aerial photographs. 8 pages of coloured maps and plates 410mm x 305 mm; 4 pages of black-and-white maps and plates and 16 pages of text 410 mm x 305 mm; in a folder 410 mm x 305 mm Author: Mark Hennessy; Series editors: Anngret Simms, H.B....

Number 15 in the Irish Historic Towns Atlas series, Derry-Londonderry records the topographical development of the city of Derry. This atlas comprises a detailed essay explaining the city's historical development and includes a rich body of classified topographical information covering the urban area, along with a variety of maps. Historical detail is given of over 2,800 sites. The volume traces the growth of Derry from its foundations as an early monastic site to its plantation period and up to 1900. It is presented in A3 format with 30 large-format reconstructions and views. 21 pages of...

Number 6 of the Irish Historic Tows Atlas series, this fascicle illustrates characteristic periods of Athlone's cultural formation and its topographical history. It illuminates points in the development of a strategic town on the River Shannon in County Westmeath. The folder contains a coloured map; eight pages of black and white maps and plates and 16 pages of text where the history of over 700 sites are traced. Series editors: Anngret Simms, H.B. Clarke; Consultant editor: J.H. Andrews; Cartographic editor: K.M. Davies

Number 7 in the Irish Historic Towns Atlas series, Maynooth traces the history of this eighteenth-century town through its cartographic and primary sources from earliest times to c. 1900. The fascicle contains Ordnance Survey and historical maps as well as historic and aerial photographs. An essay describes the topographical evolution of Maynooth and a gazetteer, or topographical information, includes histories of c. 400 sites in the town. These atlases illustrate characteristic periods of town formation in Ireland and reflect the country's cultural identity through the town's topographical...