Atlas of the Irish rural landscape /

edited by F.H.A. Aalen, Kevin Whelan, Matthew Stout.
Bibliographic Details
Contributors: Aalen, F. H. A.
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Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: Cork : Cork University Press, 2011.
Edition:Rev. and expanded 2nd ed.
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Notes:Previous ed.: 1997.

Dust jacket available. See entry for [Miscellaneous dust jackets removed from 12B collection items] in the NLI catalogue.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical description: [viii], 422 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 30 cm.

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ISBN:9781859184592 (hbk.)
1859184596 (hbk.)
Table of Contents:
[1] The making of the Irish landscape
The Irish landscape : synthesis of habitat and history / F.H.A. Aalen
Early landscapes : from prehistory to plantation / Geraldine Stout and Matthew Stout
Recovering the hidden landscape / Gillian Barrett
Removing antiquities : an aerial perspective / Gillian Barrett
The modern landscape : from plantation to present / Kevin Whelan
[2] The challenge of change
Facing the future / Kevin Whelan
Celtic tiger housing / Ruth McManus
[3] Components of the Irish landscape
Bogs: Raised bogs / John Feehan
The changing use of raised bogs / John Feehan and Sadhbh McElveen
Ardee Bog, County Louth / Frank Mitchell
Blanket bogs / Roy Tomlinson
Forests and woodlands / Roy Tomlinson
Fields / F.H.A. Aalen and Kevin Whelan
Houses / F.H.A. Aalen
Housing history, Kilclone, County Meath / P.J. Duffy
Buildings of the Irish countryside / F.H.A. Aalen
The joy of small things / Kevin Whelan
Handball alleys / Áine Ryan
Towns and villages / Kevin Whelan
Slane Village / Livia Hurley
Demesnes / Terence Reeves-Smyth
Communications / James Killen and Enda Murphy
Road art / Matthew Stout
Mining, power, wind and water: Mining and quarrying / Colin Rynne
Millstone quarries on the Hook Peninsula / Niall Colfer
Wind power / Fred Hammond
Water power / Fred Hammond
Water supply / Fred Hammond
[4] Regional case studies
Wicklow uplands, County Wicklow / Arnold Horner
Tory Island, County Donegal / Jim Hunter
Aughris Headland, County Sligo / Elizabeth FitzPatrick
Inistioge and the Nore Valley, County Kilkenny / Edward McCarron and Fidelma McCarron
Point Lance : an Irish settlement in Newfoundland / John Mannion.