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Historic Maps Collection. 18th and 19th-century historic maps of Ireland. A UCD Digital Library Collection. Maps of Dublin accompanying Thom's Official Directory, printed by the Ordnance Survey for the Dublin publisher Alexander Thom from the six-inch map sheets 18 and 22, and dating from the late 19th century.
The National Archives of Ireland (Irish: Cartlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann) is the official repository for the state records of Ireland.Established by the National Archives Act 1986, [1] taking over the functions of the State Paper Office (founded 1702) and the Public Record Office of Ireland (founded 1867).
A central archive was established in 1933 under the direction of the Inspector of National Monuments, Harold G. Leask, to collect published materials about all archaeological sites and monuments. [3] After refounding the Archaeological Survey of Ireland in 1963, field surveys began with County Louth in 1965. [ 4 ]
Richard John Griffith started to value land in Scotland, where he spent two years in 1806-1807 valuing terrain through the examination of its soils.He used 'the Scotch system of valuation' and it was a modified version of this that he introduced into Ireland when he assumed the position of Commissioner of Valuation.
The term baile, anglicised as "bally", is the most dominant element used in Irish townland names. [14] Today, the term "bally" denotes an urban settlement, but its precise meaning in ancient Ireland is unclear, as towns had no place in Gaelic social organisation. [14] The modern Irish term for a townland is baile fearainn (plural: bailte fearainn).
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Details of the hundred objects, written by Irish Times journalist Fintan O'Toole, were initially serialized in The Irish Times between February 2011 and January 2013. In February 2013 a book about the hundred objects written by O'Toole, entitled A History of Ireland in 100 Objects , was published, and it quickly became a best-seller with 35,000 ...
Virginia (Irish: Achadh an Iúir, meaning 'field of the yew') [2] is a town in County Cavan, Ireland. Founded in the 17th century as a plantation town, it now holds both local industry and commuter housing.