Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape

'Users will find an abundance of information on everything Ireland here, including archaeology, farming, transportation, mining, and castles and churches... An all-around and pleasurable book to both consult in research or browse.' -- Shannon Graff Hysell American Reference Books Annual vol43:2012 'The authors offer fresh insights about the Irish past and important ideas for landscape conservation and planning. There is much for every reader interested in Ireland. Essential - all levels/libraries.' -- C.W Wood Jr. Choice Magazine vol 49:11:2012 (This title received an Outstanding rating by the 2012 University Press Books committee)...'Gorgeous, useful, authoritative, updated atlas' -- Steve Norman University Press Books for Public & Secondary School Libraries, 2012

F.H.A. Aalen is a professor emeritus of Geography in the School of Natural Sciences at Trinity College Dublin. Kevin Whelan, widely regarded as Ireland's most important historical geographer, teaches at Boston College, Massachussets. Matthew Stout, the cartographic editor, is a lecturer at Trinity College, Dublin.

Part I: The Making of the Irish Landscape 1. The Irish Rural Landscape: Synthesis of Habitat and History / by F. H. A. Aalen (Trinity College, Dublin) 2. Early Landscapes: From Prehistory to Plantation / by Geraldine Stout and Matthew Stout (Trinity College, Dublin) 3. Recovering the Hidden Landscape / by Gillian Barrett (University of Wolverhampton) 4. The Modern Landscape: From Plantation to Present / by Kevin Whelan (University of Notre Dame, Indiana) Part II: Components of the Irish Landscape 5. Raised Bogs / by John Freehan (University College, Dublin) 6. Ardee Bog, County Louth / by G. F. Mitchell (Trinity College, Dublin) 7. The Changing Use of Raised Bogs / by John Freehan (University College, Dublin) and Sadhbh McElveen (Trinity College, Dublin) 8. Blanket Bogs / by Roy Tomlinson (The Queen's University of Belfast) 9. Forests and Woodlands / by Roy Tomlinson 10. Fields / by F. H. A. Aalen and Kevin Whelan 11. Buildings / by F. H. A. Aalen 12. Towns and Villages / by Kevin Whelan 13. Demesnes / by Terence Reeves-Smyth 14. Communications / by James Killen (Trinity College, Dublin) 15. Mining and Quarrying / by Colin Rynne 16. Power Generation / by Fred Hamond 17. Water Supply / by Fred Hamond Part III: The Challenge of Change 18. Contemporary Challenge / by F. H. A. Aalen 19. Recent Housing Change in Kilclone, County Meath / by P. J. Duffy (St. Patrick's College, Maynooth) 20. Field Boundaries and Landscape Change / Eilis Kennedy 21. The Destruction of Antiquities: An Aerial View / Gillian Barrett 22. Management of the Landscape / by F. H. A. Aalen 23. Distribution of Protected Sites and Areas / by Ute Bohnsack Part IV: Regional Case Studies 24. The Hook, County Wexford / by Billy Colfer 25. The Lecale Peninusla, County Down / by R. H. Buchanan 26. The Burren, County Clare / by David Drew (Trinity College, Dublin) 27. The Bend of the Boyne, County Meath / by Geraldine Stout 28. The Ring of Gullion, County Armagh / by Andrew Stott 29. Connemara, County Galway / by Tim Robinson