Author: A. A. Horner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781999790967
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
In 'Mapping Laois from the 16th to the 21st century', Arnold Horner reviews and seeks to provide context for the extraordinarily rich diversity of manuscript and printed maps that record the changing political, economic and social circumstances of an Irish county over nearly five centuries. The flavour of these varied, informative and often colourful maps is captured in over 400 illustrations, among which are reproductions of six early county maps and a unique assemblage of images from the Ordnance Survey ?fair plans? of c. 1838?40. 0With a map record that stretches back more than 450 years, County Laois (formerly Leix and Laoighis, and between 1556 and 1920 officially known as Queen?s County) has a distinguished place in the history of cartography in Ireland. This book explores that record, from the first map of c. 1560, covering the eastern part of the county, through to the present century. The aim here is to draw attention to the extent, variety and interest of the maps made during a period of major transformation across the county?a period when far-reaching changes in landownership and settlement were accompanied by significant environmental modifications.
Mapping Laois from the 16th to the 21st Century
Author: A. A. Horner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781999790967
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
In 'Mapping Laois from the 16th to the 21st century', Arnold Horner reviews and seeks to provide context for the extraordinarily rich diversity of manuscript and printed maps that record the changing political, economic and social circumstances of an Irish county over nearly five centuries. The flavour of these varied, informative and often colourful maps is captured in over 400 illustrations, among which are reproductions of six early county maps and a unique assemblage of images from the Ordnance Survey ?fair plans? of c. 1838?40. 0With a map record that stretches back more than 450 years, County Laois (formerly Leix and Laoighis, and between 1556 and 1920 officially known as Queen?s County) has a distinguished place in the history of cartography in Ireland. This book explores that record, from the first map of c. 1560, covering the eastern part of the county, through to the present century. The aim here is to draw attention to the extent, variety and interest of the maps made during a period of major transformation across the county?a period when far-reaching changes in landownership and settlement were accompanied by significant environmental modifications.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781999790967
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
In 'Mapping Laois from the 16th to the 21st century', Arnold Horner reviews and seeks to provide context for the extraordinarily rich diversity of manuscript and printed maps that record the changing political, economic and social circumstances of an Irish county over nearly five centuries. The flavour of these varied, informative and often colourful maps is captured in over 400 illustrations, among which are reproductions of six early county maps and a unique assemblage of images from the Ordnance Survey ?fair plans? of c. 1838?40. 0With a map record that stretches back more than 450 years, County Laois (formerly Leix and Laoighis, and between 1556 and 1920 officially known as Queen?s County) has a distinguished place in the history of cartography in Ireland. This book explores that record, from the first map of c. 1560, covering the eastern part of the county, through to the present century. The aim here is to draw attention to the extent, variety and interest of the maps made during a period of major transformation across the county?a period when far-reaching changes in landownership and settlement were accompanied by significant environmental modifications.
Laois
Author: John Feehan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Human geography
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Laois is officially known as county Leix.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Human geography
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Laois is officially known as county Leix.
The Monastic Heritage & Folklore of County Laois
Author: Seosamh Ó Cinnéide
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Laois
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Laois (Ireland)
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Laois (Ireland)
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description
A Guide to the 18th Century Land Records in the Irish Registry of Deeds
Author: Brian Nugent
Publisher: Brian Nugent
ISBN: 0955681294
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
The Registry of Deeds in Dublin contains a vast repository of summaries of Irish land transactions for the 18th century. This collection is particularly important, to genealogists among others, because of the destruction of other historical records in Ireland for the same period, especially since the Four Courts fire of 1922. In this guide you will find a description of the records held there, an explanation of the different Irish land and currency units used, and a wide ranging discussion of Irish land transactions and registries of the period and somewhat later. This includes the influence of the Penal Laws, the nature of Irish marriage settlements and the economic climate and prices prevailing in Ireland in that century. Chapter 8 consists of a detailed case study that traces the history of an Irish family, the Nugent branch of Ballina Co. Meath, in order to illustrate the value of the information in the Registry of Deeds.
Publisher: Brian Nugent
ISBN: 0955681294
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
The Registry of Deeds in Dublin contains a vast repository of summaries of Irish land transactions for the 18th century. This collection is particularly important, to genealogists among others, because of the destruction of other historical records in Ireland for the same period, especially since the Four Courts fire of 1922. In this guide you will find a description of the records held there, an explanation of the different Irish land and currency units used, and a wide ranging discussion of Irish land transactions and registries of the period and somewhat later. This includes the influence of the Penal Laws, the nature of Irish marriage settlements and the economic climate and prices prevailing in Ireland in that century. Chapter 8 consists of a detailed case study that traces the history of an Irish family, the Nugent branch of Ballina Co. Meath, in order to illustrate the value of the information in the Registry of Deeds.
Mapping the Great Irish Famine
Author: Liam Kennedy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This book represents cartographically the dramatic impact that the Great Potato Famine had on Ireland. Based largely on the enormous body of statistics contained in the Database of Irish Historical Statistics at the Queen's University of Belfast, the authors present a picture of Ireland before, during and after the Great Famine.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This book represents cartographically the dramatic impact that the Great Potato Famine had on Ireland. Based largely on the enormous body of statistics contained in the Database of Irish Historical Statistics at the Queen's University of Belfast, the authors present a picture of Ireland before, during and after the Great Famine.
Historical Maps of Ireland
Author: Michael Swift
Publisher: Salamander Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher: Salamander Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Ambition and Achievement
Author: Fergal MacCabe
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781527218765
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781527218765
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
Sources for Modern Irish History 1534-1641
Author: R. W. Dudley Edwards
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521271417
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
A critical analysis of the written sources for early modern Irish history.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521271417
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
A critical analysis of the written sources for early modern Irish history.
The Wildflowers of Offaly
Author: John Feehan
Publisher: Mercier Press Ltd
ISBN: 9781856356732
Category : Wild flowers
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
"Most books on wildflowers are concerned mainly with points of identification and distribution. The Wildflowers of Offaly is unique in the way it attempts to describe the character of the plants: their ecological preferences, their uses and the beliefs associated with them, and in particular the extraordinary diversity of the strategies they have evolved to ensure pollination and the production of seed. This is the book to consult when you have made a tentative identification of a wildflower and want to know more about its lifestyle. It is illustrated throughout in full colour with photographs and a selection of plates from many of the classic older floras of northern Europe."--Publisher's description.
Publisher: Mercier Press Ltd
ISBN: 9781856356732
Category : Wild flowers
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
"Most books on wildflowers are concerned mainly with points of identification and distribution. The Wildflowers of Offaly is unique in the way it attempts to describe the character of the plants: their ecological preferences, their uses and the beliefs associated with them, and in particular the extraordinary diversity of the strategies they have evolved to ensure pollination and the production of seed. This is the book to consult when you have made a tentative identification of a wildflower and want to know more about its lifestyle. It is illustrated throughout in full colour with photographs and a selection of plates from many of the classic older floras of northern Europe."--Publisher's description.